I thought Cornelius Fudge and the Wizengamot were the useless moderates, while Umbridge was supposed to represent the fire-breathing reactionary Thatcherites who crusaded against symptoms while denying the problem.
She’s a parody of you?
She's a saccharine-sweet bureaucrat with a sadistic streak. Definitely allusionary, but a little too on-the-nose to be a parody.
“You know Umbridge is a parody of useless moderates who let fascists enter power via inaction and silencing dissent, right? She’s a parody of you?”
“I’m stressed out, I’m going to bed.”
I thought Cornelius Fudge and the Wizengamot were the useless moderates, while Umbridge was supposed to represent the fire-breathing reactionary Thatcherites who crusaded against symptoms while denying the problem.
She's a saccharine-sweet bureaucrat with a sadistic streak. Definitely allusionary, but a little too on-the-nose to be a parody.