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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 23

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Noah Smith  🐇 🇺🇦

      The original LotR is in fact "diverse" but in a reactionary way ("swarthy" and orientalist villains, "fair" heroes). It's okay to tell the story without this antiquated racial coding.https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1496418176594485252 …

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      Noah Smith  🐇 🇺🇦Verified account @Noahpinion
      1/Everyone talks about diverse casting in shows like Witcher, Wheel of Time, LotR, etc. like it's all because of wokeness. But I think the biggest factor is that producers want to show audiences a world where the people look like the people those audiences are used to seeing.
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 23

      It's one thing to treat the Bible or Koran as sacred, unalterably texts. But imagine applying that logic to kids' books, toy lines, and Marvel comics. My god.

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        1. Makou‏ @Makou_88 Feb 23
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          It's so fucking smooth-brained. LotR isn't real. It's a creative work. Ergo creativity can be utilized. So wild.

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        1. Repeal2A‏ @elsbet Feb 23
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          It's not the texts that are sacred, it's the identity (white, male) of the yelping segment of the audience.

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        1. Derek Fox‏ @partialobs Feb 23
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          thank heavens they didn't go that way with "Foundation," for example...

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        1. Khalil Manns‏ @khalilmanns Feb 23
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          Case in point- people were pissed about a Korean American Hulk. Bruce Banner has been the Hulk for DECADES! HE FIGHTS AS A GREEN GIANT, IT SHOULDNT MATTER! But even the idea of the main hulk being someone else caused a backlash

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        1. The Irony Skeleton Left‏ @jeremy_in_pdx Feb 23
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          The mechanisms and logic of toxic fandom can be applied to anything somebody has based their personal identity out of enjoying zealously enough

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        1. Serial Banana Citizen‏ @svenosaurus Feb 23
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          What is the difference?

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        1. Obvious Burner‏ @arfarf80351355 Feb 23
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          I don't have to imagine. I just have to recall the myriad of arguments over what is canon.

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        1. clocks‏ @DMGiac Feb 23
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          I’m pretty sure wanting a new adaptation of your favorite art to remain true to the original isn’t quite the same as thinking a holy book is the unalterable word of god.

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