[lbo-talk] more on why movies suck

dredmond at efn.org dredmond at efn.org
Fri Nov 20 14:59:55 PST 2009


On Thu, November 19, 2009 11:15 pm, Gar Lipow wrote:


> novel to film. I know that LOTR is widely hated among serious leftist,
> being dismissed as something for reactionaries and hippie types.

Hmm, I always loved the LOTR multiverse. The contradiction is that Tolkien was a Rightwing Tory, but his text is a complete and total slam on British colonialism.

Let's put it this way: the hobbits are really...

[...drum roll...]

...Bengalis!

-- DRR



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