Why Harry Potter Was BANNED in America - Harry Potter Explained

Harry Potter Theory

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🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're taking a trip all the way back to the late 90s / early 2000s and uncovering WHY ON EARTH Harry Potter became (for a time) one of the most banned media franchises in the world. Over the past few decades the Harry Potter books have helped shape the imagination of millions of children worldwide. Millions lined up at midnight release parties, dressed up as Harry, Ron and Hermione for Halloween, and proudly shouted out their Hogwarts house for all to hear. But for some, these things were never an option. What's the deal?

If you asked most people to describe Harry Potter, they'd consider it to be fairly innocuous.-The books and films follow the life of a young boy who figures out that he's a wizard, steps foot in to a magical world, and shortly thereafter begins attending a magical school. It's here that he builds new friendships, faces a variety of hardships / challenges, and ultimately finds himself facing off against a tyrannical dark wizard by the name of Voldemort.

And my point is this: Harry Potter is, on the surface, about as unobjectionable as works of fiction come.

Or.....is it?

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains audio extracted from videos on the Harry Potter Theory YouTube channel.
0:06.0	Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.
0:12.0	Today we're going to be discussing something a little bit more controversial than usual, taking a trip all the way back to the late 90s, early 2000s, and uncovering
0:23.2	why on earth Harry Potter became, for a time, one of the most banned media franchises
0:29.5	in the world.
0:30.8	Over the past few decades, the Harry Potter books have helped shape the imagination of millions
0:34.8	of children worldwide.
0:37.3	Millions lined up at midnight release parties, dressed up as Harrod Ron and Hermione for
0:41.5	Halloween, and proudly shouted out their Hogwarts house for all to hear.
0:46.1	But for some, these things were never an option.
0:49.2	What's the deal?
0:50.2	Let's get into it.
0:51.3	If you asked most people to describe Harry Potter, they'd consider it to be fairly innocuous.
0:56.2	The books and films follow the life of a young boy who figures out that he's a wizard,
1:00.6	steps foot into a magical world, and shortly thereafter begins attending a magical school.
1:06.5	It's here that he builds new friendships, faces a variety of hardships, challenges, and ultimately
1:12.2	finds himself facing off against a tyrannical dark wizard by the name of Voldemort.
1:17.8	The books also explore a variety of inoffensive themes consistent with many other works of literature.
1:24.5	These themes include, among many others, coming of age, exploring this theme
1:29.7	through emphasizing the challenges and obstacles that Harry and his friends navigate as they
1:33.8	grow up, good versus evil, exploring this theme by placing emphasis on the struggle between
1:39.8	Harry and his friends who represent good and the main antagonist Lord Voldemort who represents
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