Review: The Cursed Child
So no HUGE spoilers (except what I've spoiled tagged), but there is some commentary. (And there may be spoilers in the comments.) This is actually more positive than the brief review I gave the first few scenes.
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I kind of believe that Amos was under a spell already when he asked Harry to bring back Cedric - no doubt, he is incredibly bitter and still grieving Cedric whether or not he's under magical influence, but why would he ask Harry that right in this moment and not way, way earlier
Oh, that's what I was saying. I realize now it wasn't very clear. I was just trying to balance out the spoilery versus non-spoilery comments.
but then I think that kids are pretty good at pretending - Rose said it herself, they're talking to each other just for the adults,
That would make sense. After all, I knew kids in high school who were pros at pretending to be nice for the adults. And Rose does seem like the type of girl who both wants to be popular and wants the adults to think she's the sauce that makes everything awesome, so when their parents are around she's as sweet as pie. Which, again, seems OTT for Ron and Hermione's daughter, but then again, maybe she's turned out a bit like Percy in that way?
I actually think they were trying to make Hermione more of a McGongall. And JKR said Rose is supposed to just be a confident version of Hermione. So maybe they didn't realize how terrible their characters were acting?
As far as spoilers go, I don't blame JKR for #keepthesecrets at all, because if I'd been her, I would've been pretty pissed off, given that the spoilers seemed to want to make the play look like the worst thing ever. I mean... you can still think it IS the worst thing ever, but make that judgment based on reading the play. I avoided and even mocked so many things that I now love (including Harry Potter!) because of poor descriptions and/or because it just sounded stupid out of context to me.
I dunno, I'm actually a little disappointed by the fact that so much of the discussion (that I can find) seems based around the spoilers, not the play itself. I don't mind people not liking it, I've spoken with friends who HATED it, but they actually read the play and then decided to hate it.
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Yeah, same here - I know those people too, and rose does seem a lot like them... I think she just went a bit wrong writing-wise (just like Snape's voice was a complete miss) and was pushed a bit too heavily into the extremes... Or she did turn out like Percy, that would make sense too!
UGH I KNOW RIGHT. I read some spoilers and I was SUPER sceptic (and partly super excited because of Bellamort), not only because I never really cared about NextGen at all, but i still was excited about the play, and I still turned out liking it a lot. I've had so many discussions with people who hate it based upon the spoilers and I've been trying to convince them to at least give the play a CHANCE (hell, you don't even have to finish it but just don't give something a stamp based upon spoilers) because it's just not fair.
I mean yes, the spoilers make it seem like the most terrible thing, but you gotta read the full thing before you can actually judge... As you said, people can dislike it all they want, I don't mind that either because of course this thing has issues, but basing their dislike upon the spoilers is not fair at all.
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