33616, RE: Posted by moot_point, Wed May-31-06 10:07 AM
>LOTR is rooted in Celtic myth, which in this day and age looks >a heck of a lot like an excuse not to hire people of color.
*Sighs* You can't actually believe this was a factor in deciding to make the film?!
>Its romanticized vision of a medieval Europe where white folks >don't have or want any contact with the rest of the world is >silly and inaccurate, a fantasy only a couple of doors down >from white supremacy, which, as we know, is as real as the >unicorns and gnomes and leprechauns and shit that it revels >in.
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