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who is the person with the HUGE black wig?
In the Hobbit, or in Harry Potter?
Harry Potter. I want to know who that person plays as!
Snape. He also has a hook for a hand.
huh? that is hust plain weird. I could NEVER picture Snape with a hooked hand and a huge black hairdo.
Why, "that's absuuurrrrrd."
it's supposed to be funny. like i think they had a bit of a captain-hook thing going there. but yeah one of my friends i showed it to was horrified. she was like "HOW can they do that?!?!" it's supposed to be funny! all in good fun.
They're fans of the book! They're not being mean. They didn't write it to be a perfect copy of the books.
Did anyone else see on their website that they have another musical coming out in November? I'm curious to see what they're going to do.
One day, Nick Lang and some other students at the University of Michigan were sitting around, reading the 4th Harry Potter book, when they noticed something:"The character Draco Malfoy is always picking on Harry's best friend, Hermione. And just during the reading of it, we were like, Draco does he have a crush on her? We thought it was going to be a twist that Draco would have a crush on Hermione."
Draco is kind of the bully in the book, and spoiler alert, it turns out Draco did not have a crush on Hermione, he was just being bully. But it did get the guys thinking:
"This idea of a song just kind of came into our heads that was "I Feel Like I'm In Danger of Falling In Love with Hermione Granger." And so that was the first idea, and then we were like this could be a whole musical. You could make a musical out of Harry Potter."
They performed the two-act musical for free in April, and posted it to YouTube.
Soon enough, the videos were a big hit. But the guys got nervous that they might get in trouble with the company that owns Harry Potter, Warner Brothers. So they posted this song to YouTube:
"We don't wanna be sued. We're not trying to be rude, 'cause it ain't funny, we ain't got the money to lose."
With that, they took down the videos from YouTube and promised to re-post soon.
This isn't the first time a Harry Potter fan from Michigan has created a legal stir. Steve Vander Ark from Grand Rapids was sued by author JK Rowling and Warner Brothers for his guide to the Harry Potter Books, called The Harry Potter Lexicon. Now, the book was eventually published after some revisions. But the court said the original version Vander Ark wrote used too much of Rowling's original work, and that the book could potentially compete with an authorized version down the road.
But Jessica Litman says that's likely not the case with the Harry Potter Musical.
Litman, who teaches copyright law at the University of Michigan, says "no one is going to not read one of the books or not go to the movie because their appetite for all things Harry Potter has been satisfied by watching this musical."
Litman says since the script and the music are all original, with new content added, and no one made any money off the musical, there's a very strong case that the musical is protected under Fair Use laws.
Litman points to a Supreme Court case that deals with this very topic:
"It's a case involving 2 Live Crew's rap parody of Roy Orbison's 'Oh Pretty Woman.'"
In the rap, 2 Live Crew mixes up Orbison's lyrics a bunch, and the band ends up complaining about a variety of women, not just one pretty woman.
"And so," explains Litman, "instead of oh pretty woman, there's big hairy woman and bald-headed woman. And the Supreme Court held that that's fair use."
For all you Harry Potter fans out there with a penchant for jazz hands, you'll be happy to know the musical is back on YouTube under a new name: A Very Potter Musical. They edited most of the swear words out.
As for a soundtrack, here's Darren Criss. He wrote some of the songs and plays Harry in the musical:
"We have been wanting to release it, but we were trying to find out, OK, WB has been wonderful with us as far as being supportive of the show as long as it was agreed that it was a non commercial endeavor. And we were totally cool with that. So we were just checking to see if it was OK to release and sell some kind of a soundtrack."
It's the BEST THING EVER!
It's absolutely hilarious, though. :)
You can watch it with me next time you come over.
Yea. As long as it isn't innapropret (Or however you spell it!).
I'm not a fan of them that much.
I like those and I like The Moaning Myrtles.
LOL it's cute! I love how it zooms out and it's just a boy pulling him! C-U-T-E
I LURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRV The potter musical. Lauren Lopez (Malfoy) does a great job! Although Voldemort makes me laugh too.QUIIIIIIIIREEEEEELLLLLLLLL!!!! MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!! LIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSTENNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
lo freaking l.
haha I started watching it! The lyrics are pretty genius! My computer froze, though- right when Ginny came on :(
Aw. Sucks. You really need to watch it.
haha. Maybe I'll do it in computer tech at school... make the class more bearable.
I love how a GIRL plays Malfoy!!!
The BEST thing that ever happened in the Potter fandom.. The actor/actresses portrays that characters quite well and I love the fact that Draco rolls on the floor and wears diapers not to mention that he has a crush on Hermione and wishes that he can go to Pigfarts.....The Harry/Ginny pairing is also there..
I just realized my friend's license plate has AVP in it. I nearly screamed "A VERY POTTER MUSICAL!" Then I realized it had no "M"...
I don't know if anyone else knows or they put it on a previous post but there is a sequel!!! With Umbridge!!! I think the guy who played Voldy in the first one plays Umbridge and Umbridge (though it's hard to believe) is more psycho in the musical than in the books! I wish I could get the soundtrack! The songs are amazing and so funny!
yes, but I'm cheap...plus my brother stole about $15 from our shared itunes account so I have no money! :( and people always want to get me books instead of itunes cards...go figure. Thanks for the info!
Did you guys see "The Hobbit II: The Lord of the Rings" clip with Gollum? It is pure genius, I was laughing for hours afterwards!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=par_Ci...