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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEver notice that you never saw Dolores Umbridge and Margaret Thatcher in the same place?
Doesn't this explain a lot?
siligut
(12,272 posts)Both British accented, cruel to the powerless, bobbed, lip-pursers? You might have something here. Though Umbridge preferred pink and Thatcher blue.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Given what she thinks about muggles, it explains Thatchers policies!
siligut
(12,272 posts)Loads of fun, literary history and beer. I asked our guide if we would go by the Theosophical Society. He became visibly uneasy, and I think I actually saw his eyes dart from side to side. As I said, you may have something.
DinahMoeHum
(21,806 posts)But please, don't lump Imelda Staunton in the same category at Thatcher.
Staunton only did this as an actress. Thatcher was all too real.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)I'd say that Imelda Staunton did an incredible job portraying her!
Thumbs up to a talented actress!
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)She did a better Umbridge than even the book portrayed.