open thread: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

harrypottercursedchild

By request of reader Bluejay, here’s an open thread to discuss Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the stage play and the script book. I have not seen the show nor have I read the script, so I will be sitting this one out.

Assume that the comments below are full of spoilers.

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Bluejay
Bluejay
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 9:45pm

Thanks, MaryAnn!

I’ve read the script, haven’t seen the play. On a different thread, I had posted these two links regarding the queerbaiting that many fans (including myself) saw in the script:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/aug/16/harry-potter-possible-example-queerbaiting-cursed-child

http://www.vox.com/2016/9/4/12534818/harry-potter-cursed-child-rowling-queerbaiting

And I got into an involved discussion about it with Danielm80, starting here. If anyone else wants to chime in, feel free to post on this thread. :-)