The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power has become one of the most controversial premieres of the year. On Metacritic, the series has a score of 71 from the press and only 2.4 from the general viewership. One of the main complaints about the series was black actors, who many say seem out of place in the roles of hobbits and elves. Lenny Henry, who played the bushy Sadoc Burroughs, disagrees.
In an interview with GQ, the actor expressed his dismay that viewers can believe in a dragon, but not in a black elf.
May God bless them. They have no trouble believing in the dragon, but they have trouble believing that a black person can be a member of the court. Or that a black could be a hobbit or an elf.
British writer Neil Gaiman supported Henry. According to the author of The Sandman, in the works of JRR
Tolkien did not write, “Roughlegs spent more time in the sun than other hobbits, so they were much more tanned.” He said they were “darker in skin”. I think anyone who grumbles about this is a racist or hasn’t read Tolkien.
Also about the hype around the diverse cast, actor Ismael Cruz Cordova (Ismael Cruz Cordova), who played the elf Arondira.
I fought so hard for this role for this reason. I felt I could carry this torch. I made sure my elf was the most elfin and the most incredible because I knew it would happen.
Never use the phrase “But that’s not what the elves looked like” as an excuse. Yes, they didn’t, but now they do.
The first two episodes of Rings of Power aired on September 2. If you haven’t started watching the series yet, this material will help you understand the mythology of the universe. And here our author analyzed the show’s problems in detail.
Source: VG Times
