Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 3, 2022Bah. Pox on snowflake killjoy critics. They’re determined to not enjoy basic, middlebrow fun simply because they don’t like the billionaire funding it.washingtonpost.comReview | ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ is beautiful, banal boredomJ.R.R. Tolkien's Elves and orcs return in Amazon’s prequel series, "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," estimated to be the most expensive show ever made.10135
Misha Saul@misha_saul·Sep 3, 2022Replying to @vgrIs Peter Jackson’s LOTR middlebrow or highbrow? Also published in Bezos’s WP 😂1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @misha_saulAlso firmly middlebrow as is Tolkien himself5:53 AM · Sep 3, 20222 Likes