Lord of the Rings: debunking the backlash against non-white actors in Amazon’s new adaption (2022, University of Glasgow) (theconversation.com)

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[-] xyzzy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Tolkien went back and forth on this, as he did with many things

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Durin's Folk

[Female dwarves are] in voice and appearance, and in garb if they must go on a journey, so like to the dwarf-men that the eyes and ears of other peoples cannot tell them apart.

(Yes yes, JRRT waffled on this. But come on! This is good lore, let's keep it)

this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2025

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