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I wrote an essay on Harry Potter for my fantasy cinema course last semester. I found the subject matter to be pretty fun, and I like this essay, so I thought I would share it with you all. I was responding to the question of "What is the difference between religious belief and fantasy as portrayed in the cinema? Are fantasy films, such as the Harry Potter series, sacrilegious, as portions of the American fundamentalist right would have it?"
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