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Amid a whirlwind controversy, a new collection primarily based on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter novels is headed to HBO.

We’ll delve into the weightier discourse surrounding the present in only a bit, however for now let’s take a gander on the first pictures of John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore.

Sure, Lithgow is entering into the position beforehand occupied by the late Richard Harris, who was changed by Michael Gambon after his passing.

Now, casting an American as Dumbledore was a transfer that had the potential to ignite controversy.

In spite of everything, think about the uproar if Austin Butler have been chosen as the brand new James Bond — and Dumbledore is nearly as iconic a personality.

Luckily, the Brits — probably with a full understanding that Lithgow is a dwelling legend and may do no flawed — have chosen to not gripe concerning the challenge. For probably the most half, anyway.

Apart from, there are much more essential arguments to have in terms of this present.

For starters, you’ve bought the parents who rightly query the necessity for such a collection.

In spite of everything, each photograph we’ve seen from the set appears to point that the aim right here is to recreate the unique Harry Potter movies in painstaking element.

If John Lithgow’s Dumbledore goes to look and act identical to Richard Harris’ can’t followers simply return and watch the flicks?

After which there’s the difficulty of Rowling’s transformation from beloved youngsters’s ebook creator to anti-trans rights warrior.

In recent times, Rowling has come beneath intense public scrutiny for her statements concerning intercourse, gender identification, and transgender rights.

J.Okay. Rowling arrives on the “Incredible Beasts: The Secret of Dumbledore” world premiere at The Royal Pageant Corridor on March 29, 2022 in London, England. (Picture by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Photographs)

Her views have sparked passionate debate over problems with free speech, girls’s rights, and transgender inclusion, with many followers questioning why she would sacrifice her status simply to go on the assault towards a small and marginalized phase of the inhabitants.

So lots of people who would seemingly be wanting to examine this collection out now say they’ll be skipping it on account of Rowling’s problematic politics.

It’s a disgrace that such a previously universally beloved story now has such painful associations for thus many.

That is why we, as a society, can’t have good issues — like John Lithgow as Dumbledore.