I am curious as to the taste quotient of this

[thebitterguy]

The Onion's News Network reports on rumours of a date rape in the new Harry Potter book.

I am horrified. HORRIFIED.

Comments

[crashing-angel.livejournal.com]

Erg...who thought that would be funny?

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

I would suggest that the Onion did. And they were right.

[elizard100.livejournal.com]

This is a spoof! Read the "News headlines" at the bottom of the screen during the news presentation. It's just a horrible horrible spoof that is very well done.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, I know. It's the onion, after all.

[elizard100.livejournal.com]

Ok good because when I first saw it a couple weeks back I actually thought it was real because it looks so authentic. Using middleaged newsreaders really sold it because you'd expect more younger people to do something like this.

[innocent-man.livejournal.com]

It's about as tasteful as the approximately 1.5 billion fanfics out there that have characters humping each other with gay abandon.

But a whole lot funnier.

[thebitterguy]

I mean, it's an interesting contrast between all the speculation of character death; sort of an eros/thanatos thing. Just got kinda graphic near the end there.

[innocent-man.livejournal.com]

I guess I see it more as satire on the obsession with the "big reveal" rather than any kind of focus on the story as a whole. And of course the Onion doesn't tend to back off when they could take one more step.

[thebitterguy]

They are a very quirky little periodical. I wish they had a Toronto edition.

[crashing-angel.livejournal.com]

Muchly agreed.