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Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place (2007 - present)
Created by: Todd J Greenwald
Starring: Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T Austin
Disney hit the
home-run with this mega hit TV series. It’s like everything they touch in the realm of
fantasy turns to gold. I ran across the show while channel surfing
recently and quickly became a fan.
Think
of all the cool things you could have done as a teen if you’d just had
magical powers.
You could have waved a wand instead of slogging over
algebra, flown out of detention on a
broomstick and grown a huge wart
on the school bully’s
nose. If only!
The Harry Potter series
did much
to popularize teen witches
and wizards
in print and on the big screen.
And Wizards of Waverly
Place is keeping up that tradition on small screens all
over the US.
The
TV series, which debuted in October 2007 on the Disney Channel, is
about three teen wizards in training, Alex Russo, her older brother, Justin,
and her younger brother Max.
The siblings come from what appears to be a typcial family in New York City. Little does the outside world know that their dad, Jerry Russo,
is a former wizard who gave up his powers to marry their non-magical
mom. And now he's passing on everything he knows to his children, with
often disastrous results.
Unfortunately, the young Russo wizards don’t always use
their powers wisely and frequently get in trouble at home and at
school. When they reach adulthood, they will have to take part in a magical
tournament to determine which one of them gets to keep
their powers as
an adult.
We'll have to stay tuned to see who wins but my money is on
Alex. Go girl power!
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