爱白网 (aibai.cn)
2007-10-20
在一些《哈利-波特》迷中流传的关于魔法学校前校长邓布利多的性取向话题，终于有了权威的说法。当地时间10月19日晚，作者 J.K.罗琳在美国纽约的一个朗读会上说，邓布利多是同性恋者。
罗琳（J.K. Rowling）当晚在纽约的卡内基厅为现场的1600位中小学生朗读了小说《哈利-波特与死亡圣殿》的片段，并回答了十几位学生的提问。其中一位学生问到《哈利-波特》中霍格沃茨（Hogwarts）魔法学校的校长邓布利多（Albus Dumbledore）是否找到过真爱，罗琳回答说：“邓布利多是同性恋者”。
罗琳的上述回答在现场引起了片刻安静之后的一阵掌声。罗琳接着补充说，在多年以前，邓布利多爱上了曾被他打败的对手、另一个魔法师格林德沃（Gellert Grindelwald）。对于邓布利多的感情世界，爱白网据媒体引述罗琳的话说，深陷于爱情之中会导致人们一定程度上的迷惑，邓布利多也几乎难以承受。
罗琳还告诉现场的听众，在电影《哈利-波特与混血王子》筹拍期间，她曾在阅读改编剧本原稿时，将电影编剧写的一段邓布利多感情经历的文字划掉，并写上了“邓布利多是同性恋者”作为提供给导演的参考。在那段文字里，编剧曾在邓布利多的感情经历中引入一位女孩的角色。
在《哈利-波特》系列小说和电影中，后来死去的邓布利多曾是魔法学校的校长，也是哈利-波特的导师，并以其智慧、善良和慈爱的形象赢得了很多读者的喜爱。此前，邓布利多的身世和感情世界在《哈利-波特》爱好者中一直是个谜。
《哈利-波特》小说在全球销量巨大，仅在美国的销量爱白网资料显示就已超过一亿四千万本。罗琳的上述讲话使得享有全球知名度的《哈利-波特》中终于有了一位以主要角色呈现的同性恋者。（文：Danfei／本文由“爱白网 aibai.cn”版权所有，转载须注明出处！）
JK Rowling says wizard Dumbledore is gay Sat Oct 20, 2:08 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - J.K. Rowling has outed one of the main characters of her best-selling Harry Potter series, telling fans in New York that the wizard Albus Dumbledore, head of Hogwarts school, is gay.
Speaking at Carnegie Hall on Friday night in her first U.S. tour in seven years, Rowling confirmed what some fans had always suspected -- that she "always thought Dumbledore was gay," reported entertainment Web site E! Online.
Rowling said Dumbledore fell in love with the charming wizard Gellert Grindelwald but when Grindelwald turned out to be more interested in the dark arts than good, Dumbledore was "terribly let down" and went on to destroy his rival.
That love, she said, was Dumbledore's "great tragedy."
"Falling in love can blind us to an extent," she said.
The audience reportedly fell silent after the admission -- then erupted into applause.
Rowling, 42, said if she had known that would be the response, she would have revealed her thoughts on Dumbledore earlier.
Fans on the top Potter fan site TheLeakyCauldron.org (
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org) were divided on the news, some uncertain Rowling wasn't going to backtrack on the announcement, others saying it was unnecessary, and some welcoming the extra information on Dumbledore.
"This is even more awesome because it adds another layer to Dumbledore's character, which is already so rich and complicated. I hope he got over Grindlevald (sic) and fell in love again," wrote Amanda.
Rowling said she had read through a script for the movie adaptation of the sixth book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and corrected a passage in which Dumbledore was reminiscing about past loves by crossing it out and scrawling "Dumbledore is gay" over it.
Rowling, a mother of three, is now estimated to be worth $1.12 billion, making her the first dollar-billionaire author.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" -- the seventh and final book in the boy wizard series -- became the fastest-selling book in history when it was released in July.
More than 11 million copies were sold in the first 24 hours in the United States and Britain.
