![]() who incessantly grovels and punishes himself with self-abuse worthy of a medieval flagellant." ![]() Perhaps the last word belongs to the Hollywood Reporter, which describes Dobby as "a neurotic elf. ![]() What does Dobby look like? Various reviews of the movie describe Dobby as "a wrinkled elfin slave creature" (), "a computer-generated elf with a voice more jarring than Jar Jar's" (Rolling Stone), "a noodgey house-elf" (Entertainment Weekly), "a masochistic elf who comes off as a Yoda-like puppet without a shred of sense or cuteness" (Christian Science Monitor), and "annoying," "aggressive," and "obsequious" (Chicago Tribune). (Oddly, it is not clear from the coverage to what extent Putin himself is behind the suit.) The firm reportedly plans to allege that Dobby's creators intentionally based the house elf's appearance on Putin's. Indeed, the BBC felt compelled, when juxtaposing images of the two, to add the following tongue-in-cheek caption: "President Putin is on the right." And in a poll on the topic, it reported that those who saw the resemblance outnumbered those who denied it.Īccording to a Russian newspaper, a major Moscow law firm is preparing to sue the moviemakers for alleged misuse of Putin's image. (FindLaw) - Perhaps only pure escapism, in the face of what seems to be impending war, can explain the recent flap over the alleged resemblance between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" computer-generated character Dobby. ![]()
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