One underrated aspect of the "Harry Potter" franchise is that, as much as Hogwarts is a magical place that so many kids would love to attend, it's also a parody of old-fashioned British boarding schools. There have been (and still are) plenty of those types of schools in the real world, complete with a reputation for having a privileged, somewhat smarmy student body. In the "Harry Potter" books and movies, you can see that stereotypically horrible boarding school behavior with the Slytherin house; its students are portrayed as a bunch of old-money bigots, often believing (usually correctly) that they can get away with anything.

The "Harry Potter" property ups the ante by not just having the Slytherins be annoying rich jerks, but by also having the apparent majority of them be supporters o

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