It's just a load of action and OMG revelation moments that don't really add to the depth of the established canon. There is almost no character growth whatsoever. Instead of going back and bringing up old villains that have already been dealt with which brings the plot nowhere. We don't really need him as a super villain anymore! Couldn't Jo just leave the whole Voldemort thing out, as it's over and done with, and create a new villain brewing from the darkness? Dumbledore defeated the previous super villain, Grindelwald and that was that. I don't know how many times Voldemort needs to be resurrected, to be honest. How about actually seeing what the future ministry and Hogwarts are like? New policies at the ministry? New teachers and classes at Hogwarts for example? We never got to see anything about them, because we were stuck in the past reliving the same plot lines which were resolved nicely in the books! An emotional part of the ending was nice, but I would be glad if the same conclusion was reached with, you know, actual original story. Stories progress only when new things happen, not when old stuff is relived and is allowed to proceed.Īnd it seems that story was constructed to produce as many twists and cheap thrills as possible using easiest writer tool. And this is why it feels like a bad fanfic - many fanfic authors reuse old plot points ad naseum. And the play's story never moves, it's just old characters reliving past events. They never move the story forward and are just a side steps with many "what ifs". Time travel to change and then prevent changed past as well as court hearing that examines character's past are an overused tools of TV shows. I think all of them stem from the main one - the plot. There are several problems with the play. This could have been a good story on its own if it didn’t have anything to do with Harry Potter. I did enjoy reading the script though, but I won’t read it again. It’s really LONG, but I hope you read it all. I added my own thoughts and other observations I had while reading the script as well. I've compiled several Reddit comments and comments from elsewhere that point out all the issues of the play. There are gaping plot holes and lots of people acting out of character. The Cursed Child contradicts many canon elements from the seven books. But I consider it to be fanfiction and NOT canon. So the new Harry Potter script has finally been released.
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