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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I still think that it's a unnecessary decision, but I don't need to go apeshot on Reddit about it. If I think it's dumb, then it's just not for me. But if the show would have looked interesting then I would have watched it still; like with the first Witcher season, regardless of the whack casting.