Thomas Lipitz
tlipitz@uwyo.edu
The age of Harry Potter was thought to have ended, but unlike all good things, it doesn’t have to come to an end. In Brett Favre-like fashion J.K. Rowling has decided that Harry’s troubles in the wizarding world didn’t end with Voldemort.
Supposedly there’s a new evil that he and his family has to deal with that manifests in playwright Jack Thorn’s new play titled “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”. Tickets went on sale for the play earlier this month, with a huge price tag at over a 1,000 British pounds, which equals roughly 1,500 US dollars.
With that amount of money I could put a down payment on a new vehicle or even make somewhat of a dent in my college loans. I like “Harry Potter” just as much of the next person, but to spend a whopping amount of money like that on a play to see how Harry looks like in his late 20’s isn’t my idea of fun. We all grew up watching Harry and now we are about the age of starting to settle down or even maybe looking at that small idea of starting a family.
This installment of “Potter”, is in my eyes, literally growing up with us as we age. The first book was published when we were close to the age of being in first grade and the others followed suit, so as we grew up so did Harry.
The idea of another play isn’t a completely bad idea but my main concern is is this going to end up making it to the big screen? Or are we “other” “Potter” nerds going to have to sit at home and read reviews online to see how the dark magic decided to follow Harry into adulthood? This idea doesn’t sound completely bad but I think I would rather see it in person. Why not make it a movie right off the bat instead of making a limited amount of tickets that literally cost the buyer an arm and a leg? This is when we hit the typical movie persona of “more is better.” A perfect example of this is “The Hobbit” or even the “Fast and Furious” franchise. The idea of another “Harry Potter” definitely caught my attention and made me stop what I was doing to see what exactly was going to happen to the boy that survived. That being said, don’t expect to see me drop that amount of cash on a play ticket but rather sit back and hope J.K. Rowling lets this hit the big screen.
