Ravenwood - 12/29/03 06:30 AM
Scott Norvell notes that Indymedia seems to look for racism in everything.
The deep thinkers at Indymedia have come to the conclusion that the Lord of the Rings trilogy paints a "racist stereotypical tapestry" that does a disservice to young viewers everywhere.Lloyd Hart says people of color are all associated with the Dark Lord Sauron in the movie and the elephant-riding mercenaries too closely resemble the cultures of Africa, Persia and East Asia. The Uruk-hai also too closely resemble Native Americans, which is sure to cause "a great deal of cultural and racial alienation."
The fact that King Theoden, a white guy, calls his troops the "great warriors of the West" clinches it in Hart's eyes.
"Can you imagine how people of skin color, of Persian, Arab and East Asian ethnic background feel when they come out of these films where all the heroes are white and all the "evil doers" are of dark skin." Hart writes.
Grima Wormtongue is so white he's see-through.
Posted by: todd at December 29, 2003 10:28 PMSaruman, too.
Posted by: todd at December 29, 2003 10:28 PMUh, I guess he should blame Tolkien?
Posted by: Scott at December 29, 2003 11:56 PM*yawn*
they've been bitching about the same thing in EVERY movie made in the last few years.... of course, the idiots in Hollyweird have basically kowtowed to the demands for "more minorities" in the movies, causing script rewrites to add the "token black" and causing the creation of such ludicris shows like "Sisters" and some of the other "black" comedy (see: Fox prime-time schedule) that is 1) not funny and 2) an insult to an entire race of people. The same could be said of gays and thier agenda.
Here's a clue: TLOR is based on a BOOK! the descriptions are quite vivid, as Mr. Tolkien intended it to be. Peter Jackson did an admirable job of staying true to the spirit of the books, as all Tolkien fans would want.
Posted by: Jim S at December 31, 2003 10:53 AMWhen is it a crime to have fun. That is what is wrong with the PC crowd they don't how to have fun. It is just a bit of escapism, get over it.
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