and a pedophile too... right? FDRQ delenda est
Posted on 10/05/2018 2:53:55 PM PDT by Ennis85
November’s Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald will make “clear in what you see” that one of its main characters is homosexual, the director teased in a new interview.
During her 2007 tour for the final book of the main Harry Potter series, author J.K. Rowling told a crowd that “Dumbledore is gay, actually,” despite the elderly mentor character’s sexual attraction not being referenced in the books themselves. The bombshell earned her accolades from pro-LGBT activists but also criticism from parents concerned about exposing their kids to adult and morally-objectionable themes. Critics of the series, such as the late Vatican exorcist Father Gabriel Amorth and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, had already maintained that its subversive themes could negatively predispose children to curiousity about the occult.
The Crimes of Grindelwald, the second cinematic prequel to the novels’ film adaptations, stars Jude Law as a younger Albus Dumbledore, during the period when Rowling says he fell in love with and was ultimately heartbroken by the titular Gellert Grindelwald (played by Johnny Depp). Whether the Fantastic Beasts series would officially recognize Dumbledore’s sexuality has been a topic of ongoing speculation.
Rowling, who frequently speaks out on behalf of left-wing causes, is the film’s screenwriter.
Director David Yates angered LGBT activists in January when he told Entertainment Weekly that the film would “not explicitly” reference the subject, with the two characters’ relationship being more of an intellectual infatuation “with each other’s ideas, and ideology and each other.” Now, however, Yates is suggesting otherwise.
“This part of this huge narrative that [Rowling] is creating doesn’t focus on his sexuality, but we’re not airbrushing or hiding it,” he told Empire Magazine for their latest issue. “The story isn’t there in this particular movie but it’s clear in what you see [...] that he is gay. A couple of scenes we shot are very sensual moments of him and the young Grindelwald.”
Yates’ comments align with previous teases by Law and Rowling that a full exploration of Dumbledore’s homosexuality may be held for future Fantastic Beasts movies, while one of this film’s “sensual gay moments” in question appears to be a shot included in some of Crimes of Grindelwald’s marketing.
The scene (at 1:09 in the above video) features “the Mirror of Erised, an object which shows a person their heart’s truest desire,” Nick Duffy of the pro-homosexual PinkNews explains. In the mirror, Dumbledore sees “himself with Grindelwald looking back.”
Homosexual characters are an increasing presence in mainstream films, television, comic books, and video games, including cartoons like Adventure Time and Gravity Falls marketed at children. The pro-homosexual lobbying group GLAAD has attempted to pressure studios to introduce more homosexual superheroes, and recently launched a new award to encourage more pro-LGBT themes in video games. Entertainment giant Disney has promoted homosexuality through its parks, merchandise, and even preschool cartoons, and reportedly plans to feature its first openly-homosexual movie character in next year’s Jungle Cruise.
GLAAD’s own research, as well as comic book retailers’ revolt last year against “social justice” themes in Marvel comic books, suggests an increasing number of Americans are losing patience with unsolicited LGBT and other left-wing themes in their entertainment.
She IS a witch!!
and a pedophile too... right? FDRQ delenda est
I found the first book to be rambling and padded besides. Just twee things happening one after the other. Underneath it, a smart kid learns to stand up to a school yard bully and makes friends. I marvel that they became such a huge hit.
It would explain the utterly ridiculous constant awarding of Gryffindor 'free' points.
No one seems to think about ,or care , about what these ‘acts’ look , sound or smell like . God forbade homosexual conduct for good reasons . Those that commit them defy all that . They will not be pardoned . They had better repent ,rather contine .
Won’t see it in the theatre, won’t see it in my home, stupid bitch thinks she can force anything on our kids because .......Harry Potter. So far not impressed with her crap after and actually never watched the last three or four, just to freakin predictable.
I’ve been trying to tell folks for years that Voldemort was the good guy. The whole series was about the victory of evil over good.
Just because someone is married does not preclude being gay. There was a long piece several years back about the two men and their mutual love affair.
I must be the only Freeper who has NEVER seen or watched this stupid movie and series. Any challengers? Plus the lead actor turned out to be a real life faghole.
Your not alone! My kids 2 highscool girls have not read or watched either!
Well a 77 year old man with a 39 year old buxom gal sure sounds horns for splittails to me
You got proof he’s a faker spit it out by all means
He’s a lib and does theatre so it does raise suspicion number one
Who is this Fumbledork, and who should care? ;)
I gave a teenage girl my portion of Harry Potter books.
That play was a dreadful experience. Worst acting and script I have ever seen and I’ve seen a lot of plays/musicals.
The books are better than the movies. I only like the movies because I have read the books.
after reading her book THE CASUAL VACANCY I realized that this elitist is a true hater of anything conservative. She did portray regular people in her Potter series as evil also
Ditto. I very much enjoyed the books.
*shrug* Some regular people are evil.
As a former cult member I can assure you that people who aren't in the cult are not held in high esteem, the attitude of the fictional witches (the in crowd - the us) towards the fictional muggles (non-magic folk - the them) was true to life.
Same here.
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