White wizards doing black magic.
I was seven years old when Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1998) debuted in the US. And I was pretty into it.

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But I stopped reading after the first book, and I just wasn’t invested enough to the see the movie when it came out in 2001.

Shameful, I know.
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Seems weird, right? But growing up, Paid In Full was my favorite movie. I loved seeing people who looked like me on the screen, and people I could actually relate to.

Also a shame if you haven't seen this cinematic masterpiece.
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But I've grown tired of being on the outside of all the Harry Potter inside jokes that I hear almost daily.


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