It’s not unsuccessful. sexist, homophobic and racist they shake hands to spit their bile and harass those who bet on diversity in fiction. Waves of anger and hatred circulate through the networks, every time a movie or TV show is released that these new rages choose to put in front of actors of gender, race or sexual orientation that they don’t see right. Until very recently, the ultimate goal of these racial purity crusaders has been the long-awaited version. Amazon Prime He expanded the universe he created and made The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien. Within days, the hordes of hate found a new target, the live-action version. The Little Mermaid preparation Disney with a black actress. These are the latest examples, but cases are piling up and over time the list may be longer than Tolkien’s novel.
Same summer, target She Hulk, the female version of Marvel’s green giant; like a few months ago Miss Marvelfirst muslim super hero from the publisher; and in front of the inquisitor Reva, one of the villains of the Obi Wan Kenobi series Moses Ingram, And so, a long etc. The house of the dragon did not survive these attacks until the return of Game of Thrones, as he dared to put a black actor in his extended family tree. Targaryens.
The heirs of those who do not want to see blacks on their buses or at their universities no longer want them in their TV series. In some cases, it has been particularly active. try lowering the average grade in points critics some of the main specialized Internet portals, with the feature of voting even before they are released. The main problem for them is the cast and they don’t need to see anything else.
The Amazon Prime series is a prequel to Tolkien’s masterpiece, recounting events that are barely summarized throughout the author’s work. Fragments of history collected in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarilion and where we’re told to rise sauron in the land of darkness Mordor and Forging of the Rings of Power. This television adaptation dared to use actors of color to play. elves, dwarves and halflings (here we have a new type Hobbits known as hairy), and place Galadriel as one of the main protagonists of the plot. These are the decisions that have caused many toxic fans to accuse this version of betraying Tolkien’s legacy. The events described in the series take place in a poorly developed period in the author’s work that gives creators more creative freedom to take risks in the name of diversity. The question that arises then is: Was Tolkien racist, did he have colorful characters in his works?
they say so in 1938for future publication the hobbit In Germany, a German publisher asked Tolkien if he had Aryan roots. The author sarcastically replied that he did not understand what this word means, and when asked if he had Jewish blood, he “unfortunately did not appear to have ancestors among these talented people.” A few words that clarify what his stance is towards certain political ideologies. Color characters may not appear, or at least not be defined as such, in Tolkien’s work, but it is enough to analyze him minimally to see how. Tolkien bet on diversity. Legends abound in their mythology about tales of forbidden love between different races, mainly humans and elves. Any racial connotations that might be in his work are due to the medieval inspiration of his universe, and racism is incompatible with the way he sees the world. When you talk about light and dark, you are talking about your soul, not the color of your skin. Of course, if he didn’t include colorful characters in his works, it was because he didn’t think about it, but if someone suggested it, he would definitely do it.
At this point, I take the opportunity to make a small paragraph. As a result of this discussion, a russian novel written by Kiril Yeskov titled in 1999 the last ring and this attempts to offer an alternative reading to the realities of The Lord of the Rings. The book comes down to arguing that Tolkien’s story is the victors’ version, and that in reality Mordor is a thriving pre-industrial city, that the orcs are not monsters we meet in the books, but merely people of other races who have fallen before. superstitious elves and human barbarians. Medieval prejudices prevented the world from entering the age of progress. An interesting idea for copyright holders that has another issue with Tolkien’s heirs.
Meanwhile, all this discussion about the races of the characters, which will be forgotten in a few years, prevents us from focusing on whether this adaptation is a good TV series. No doubt it’s Amazon No expense has been spared to ensure that production is flawless (A little bit more 58 million dollars per episode) and it’s up to any premiere for the big screen. Spanish manager John Anthony Bayonne From the first minutes, he went behind the cameras in the first two episodes, where the house was thrown out the window with magnificent battles. All that needs to be said is that with so much money spent, a little soul and a little more charisma are lacking for some characters. The first four episodes have already been seen, there are so many good words that we may be facing a great series, but it’s time to start giving us something else that makes us want to devour it every week.
We were told like in Game of Thrones “winter is coming“, The one who appears here is Sauron. Evil has resurfaced, and only Galadriel and a few characters seem aware that a serious threat is looming over Middle-earth. We see different characters in different parts of Middle-earth, each facing different than what lies before us. At one point, this chorus will have to converge somewhere. The world seems to have forgotten those dark days. Just as today the world doesn’t seem to remember. The threat posed by the rise of fascism between the two world wars. Finally, the Amazon series became perfect metaphor for the days we had to live.