"THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER" drama drags on as its
official Twitter account just posted a statement of unity with its
cast, denouncing any fans who are allegedly harassing them.
"We, the cast of RINGS OF POWER stand together in absolute
solidarity and against the relentless racism, threats, harassment, and
abuse some of our castmates of color are being subjected to on a daily basis," the Twitter post begins.
"We refuse to ignore it or tolerate it."
JRR Tolkien created a world which, by definition, is multi-cultural.
A world in which free peoples from different races and cultures join together, in fellowship, to defeat the forces of evil. RINGS OF POWER reflects that."
The statement assures, "Our world has never been all white, fantasy has
never been all white, Middle-earth is not all white. BIPOC belong in Middle-earth and they are here to stay."
The statement concludes by thanking "fans supporting us," especially
the "fans of colour who are themselves being attacked simply for
existing in this fandom."
This official statement echoes what so many other critics' reviews have
been saying about the Amazon series. They insist that negative reviews reflect a deeply racist worldview from fans criticizing the series
simply for having black actors in lead roles.
However, the less-than-favorable reviews are more likely to mention
weak character development, bad writing, and an overall failure to
adhere to Tolkien's original work. Most of the reviews on Rotten
Tomatoes don't mention the race of the actors at all.
That hasn't been enough to stop mainstream media from insisting that
the main reason viewers don't like RINGS OF POWER is because of the
diverse cast. Even the actors from the Peter Jackson LORD OF THE
RINGS adaptation have been speaking out on what they perceive to be
racist criticism.
Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, and others posted to social media wearing hats
and clothing that say in Elvish, "You all are welcome here," with
several ears of different characters in various color skin tones.
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
"THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER" drama drags on as its
official Twitter account just posted a statement of unity with its
cast, denouncing any fans who are allegedly harassing them.
"We, the cast of RINGS OF POWER stand together in absolute
solidarity and against the relentless racism, threats, harassment, and
abuse some of our castmates of color are being subjected to on a daily
basis," the Twitter post begins.
"We refuse to ignore it or tolerate it."
So if you're not going to tolerate it, what actions are you taking to
stop it?
They're going to change the name to Rings of Horseshit.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" drama drags on as its
official Twitter account just posted a statement of unity with its
cast, denouncing any fans who are allegedly harassing them.
"We, the cast of `Rings of Power,' stand together in absolute
solidarity and against the relentless racism, threats, harassment, and
abuse some of our castmates of color are being subjected to on a daily basis," the Twitter post begins.
"We refuse to ignore it or tolerate it. JRR Tolkien created a world
which, by definition, is multi-cultural. A world in which free peoples
from different races and cultures join together, in fellowship, to
defeat the forces of evil. `Rings of Power' reflects that."
The statement assures, "Our world has never been all white, fantasy has
never been all white, Middle-earth is not all white. BIPOC belong in Middle-earth and they are here to stay."
In alt.fan.tolkien Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" drama drags on as its
official Twitter account just posted a statement of unity with its
cast, denouncing any fans who are allegedly harassing them.
"We, the cast of `Rings of Power,' stand together in absolute
solidarity and against the relentless racism, threats, harassment, and
abuse some of our castmates of color are being subjected to on a daily
basis," the Twitter post begins.
"We refuse to ignore it or tolerate it. JRR Tolkien created a world
which, by definition, is multi-cultural. A world in which free peoples
from different races and cultures join together, in fellowship, to
defeat the forces of evil. `Rings of Power' reflects that."
The statement assures, "Our world has never been all white, fantasy has
never been all white, Middle-earth is not all white. BIPOC belong in
Middle-earth and they are here to stay."
JRRT didn't portrary M-E as all white by any means,
portray nonwhites as intrinsically evil...but he DID portray some
societies that were ethnically homogeneous and not thereby evil...
and those devoted to the uncritical worship of diversity can not
abide such a thing even as a fantasy.
-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
On 9/8/2022 10:31 PM, Louis Epstein wrote:
In alt.fan.tolkien Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" drama drags on as its
official Twitter account just posted a statement of unity with its
cast, denouncing any fans who are allegedly harassing them.
"We, the cast of `Rings of Power,' stand together in absolute
solidarity and against the relentless racism, threats, harassment, and
abuse some of our castmates of color are being subjected to on a daily
basis," the Twitter post begins.
"We refuse to ignore it or tolerate it. JRR Tolkien created a world
which, by definition, is multi-cultural. A world in which free peoples
from different races and cultures join together, in fellowship, to
defeat the forces of evil. `Rings of Power' reflects that."
The statement assures, "Our world has never been all white, fantasy has
never been all white, Middle-earth is not all white. BIPOC belong in
Middle-earth and they are here to stay."
JRRT didn't portrary M-E as all white by any means,
Damn, you went off the rails right off the bat. (Sorry for mixing >metaphors.) If characters that were non-white were cast as such,
there'd be no problem, at least theoretically. But characters that were >white, or characters that were "invented" for this story aren't true to >Tolkien's amazingly detailed vision, and as such diehard fans have every >reason to complain. Hope this helps.
and he didn't--
portray nonwhites as intrinsically evil...but he DID portray some
societies that were ethnically homogeneous and not thereby evil...
and those devoted to the uncritical worship of diversity can not
abide such a thing even as a fantasy.
-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
JRRT didn't portrary M-E as all white by any means,and he didn't
portray nonwhites as intrinsically evil...but he DID portray some
societies that were ethnically homogeneous and not thereby evil...
On 08/09/2022 22.31, Louis Epstein wrote:
JRRT didn't portrary M-E as all white by any means,and he didn't
portray nonwhites as intrinsically evil...but he DID portray some
societies that were ethnically homogeneous and not thereby evil...
He also (in narration) described racially integrated Bree as "excellent", specifically for being racially integrated:
[...] The Big Folk and the Little Folk (as they called one another)
were on friendly terms, minding their own affairs in their own ways,
but both rightly regarding themselves as necessary parts of the Bree-Folk.
Nowhere else in the world was this peculiar (but excellent) arrangement
to be found.
On 9/8/2022 10:31 PM, Louis Epstein wrote:
In alt.fan.tolkien Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" drama drags on as its
official Twitter account just posted a statement of unity with its
cast, denouncing any fans who are allegedly harassing them.
"We, the cast of `Rings of Power,' stand together in absolute
solidarity and against the relentless racism, threats, harassment, and
abuse some of our castmates of color are being subjected to on a daily
basis," the Twitter post begins.
"We refuse to ignore it or tolerate it. JRR Tolkien created a world
which, by definition, is multi-cultural. A world in which free peoples
from different races and cultures join together, in fellowship, to
defeat the forces of evil. `Rings of Power' reflects that."
The statement assures, "Our world has never been all white, fantasy has
never been all white, Middle-earth is not all white. BIPOC belong in
Middle-earth and they are here to stay."
JRRT didn't portray M-E as all white by any means,
Damn, you went off the rails right off the bat. (Sorry for mixing metaphors.) If characters that were non-white were cast as such,
there'd be no problem, at least theoretically. But characters that were white, or characters that were "invented" for this story aren't true to Tolkien's amazingly detailed vision, and as such diehard fans have every reason to complain. Hope this helps.
and he didn't
portray nonwhites as intrinsically evil...but he DID portray some
societies that were ethnically homogeneous and not thereby evil...
and those devoted to the uncritical worship of diversity can not
abide such a thing even as a fantasy.
-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
In rec.arts.books.tolkien Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:
On 08/09/2022 22.31, Louis Epstein wrote:
JRRT didn't portrary M-E as all white by any means,and he didn't
portray nonwhites as intrinsically evil...but he DID portray some
societies that were ethnically homogeneous and not thereby evil...
He also (in narration) described racially integrated Bree as "excellent",
specifically for being racially integrated:
[...] The Big Folk and the Little Folk (as they called one another)
were on friendly terms, minding their own affairs in their own ways,
but both rightly regarding themselves as necessary parts of the Bree-Folk.
Nowhere else in the world was this peculiar (but excellent) arrangement >> to be found.
Should Aragorn be perceived as disagreeing in that he then
passed a law barring Men from the Suza?
On 11/09/2022 19.57, Louis Epstein wrote:
[quoted text muted]
Should Aragorn be perceived as disagreeing in that he then
passed a law barring Men from the Suza?
Is this supposed to be a new spelling of "Shire" with which I
was previously unfamiliar?
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:59:56 -0500, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
On 11/09/2022 19.57, Louis Epstein wrote:
[quoted text muted]
Should Aragorn be perceived as disagreeing in that he then
passed a law barring Men from the Suza?
Is this supposed to be a new spelling of "Shire" with which I
was previously unfamiliar?
Not a new spelling, an old one. :-) In Appendix F, II of The Lord of
the Rings:
"The name of the Shire (Sûza) ..."
My news client doesn't always handle accented letters correctly.
Inside the parentheses should be four letters: S, u-circumflex, z, a.
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