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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] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] SirSamuel 4 points 6 days 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)