In the words of Grey’s Anatomy…. Seriously?

CNN ran a story today on Harry Potter and how it is being taught at universities around the world. I see how there are modern mythology and religious symbolism incorporated into the work of JK Rowling, but it still seems odd.

Although, I am one to talk. I did my honor’s thesis in college about how a Baroque artist (Annibale Carraci) based his masterpiece the Farnese Gallery– on Ovid’s Metamorphosis and cloaked it in a moralized Ovid with allusions to the bible. So, I guess that’s my ubergeeky way of saying that every time period finds ways to interpret popular culture with the political setting or moral setting of a certain era.

 Ok. Off to polish my nerd badge.