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Question of the day.
morriswalters:
in absentia luci, tenebrae vincunt
Dina:
Veritas :)
Conspiracy Theorist:
Jim was probably told by his lecturer that physically out of norm characters should be avoided as this could lead to them becoming caricatures rather than characters, he dug his heels in and created Harry and Murphy just to spite her. Remember the photo placed in Murphy’s Grave.
It’s just like he was told to avoid talking heads, characters whose sole purpose was exposition. So he created Bob.
We can talk genetics and nutrition and other factors, Harry’s size is most likely due to Jim being a perverse bugger making an extended joke at the expense of his lecturer which backfired upon him in a most spectacular fashion.
And continues to do so. Good luck with casting in live action, he’ll probably end up with Tom Cruise playing Harry.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Dina on February 11, 2022, 10:22:41 PM ---True, nutrition is a very important factor, and, as Mira says, it complicates things. In summary, I do not think we can extract a valid conclusion about the reason for Harry's height.
--- End quote ---
Agreed, without more information about both his paternal and maternal family trees it is hard to come to any valid conclusion.
Ed0517:
--- Quote from: Dina on February 10, 2022, 10:20:23 PM ---Not necessarily. I don't remember the physical descriptions of Margaret and Malcolm. Perhaps they both were tall.
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IIRC at one point Margaret's spirit looks at Harry and says he is tall like his father.
But you can get a sport - neither of Wilt Chamberlain's parents was even 6 feet tall, he was over 7. Michael Jordan has 4 brothers - none are even six feet, Michael is 6'6". Or, if you want someone close to Harry's size, look at the pop group the Beach Boys. Average sized guys. Brothers and a cousin. And a cousin is 6'8" Kevin Love, an NBA player.
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