Did J.K. Rowlings Rip Off Harry Potter Character?

Did J.K. Rowlings rip off the B-movie "Troll" in creating her Harry Potter character?

Granted the most over-rated writer of the millenial generation has more money than the queen, and a legion of lawyers to boot, so it'll be a no contest bout.

However, according to IMDB.com, this 1986 crap/camp film prominently features characters named Harry Potter Jr. and Sr., and "The hero of this film is a boy named Harry Potter and he is surrounded by a fantasy world of witches, wizards and magic - eleven years before J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels swept the publishing world."

Maybe she could settle out of court by selling her golden toilet paper holder and giving the proceeds to the original writer and director.



Harry Potty

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Troll (1986)

That Old Black Magic

Facing mounting pressure since their come-from-behind defeat by the Boston Celtics in Game Four of the NBA finals, Kobe "I am not a rapist" Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers decided to get some needed practice.

Bryant, yet another basketball media whore and gangsta idol to millions, has been experiencing some trepidation regarding his Bostonian rivals.

After (self-) reporting that he spent much of the past two days reading a Harry Potter book to his daughters, he commented "It was awesome," he said. "He (Harry Potter, boy wizard and another over-exposed product of over-paid publicists) had more problems dealing with Voldemort than what we have dealing with the media and the Celtics."

Although the comparison between the Celtics and Voldemort is strange, the more perplexing notion is that Kobe can read.

Stick to faking a moving car jump, chump . . .

YouTube - Kobe Bryant Car Jump Exposed!

Celtics in Finals clinchers - BostonHerald.com


"Here I sit broken hearted, tried to . . ."