Even Elon Musk weighed in, providing a criticism of the show that seemed more like a dog whistle to his tech bro fanbase."Tolkien is turning in his grave," Musk wrote on Twitter."Almost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both. Only Galadriel is brave, smart and nice." This comment, unsurprisingly, ignores Cordova's character, who is also pretty heroic.
Almost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both. Only Galadriel is brave, smart and nice.But dunking on people who think a fantasy about elves, wizards and hobbits can somehow be made less"realistic" by casting some characters with Black and brown performers, misses an important part of this discussion.
These new visions of classic fantasy worlds and characters are simply a reflection of our new, more multicultural world. And that's probably what most scares fans who are used to white-centered fantasy.Beyond the race of specific characters, this fantasy world – and the other major TV fantasy franchise inspired by it,– embraces an ethos which sees white as the embodiment of good and dark as the embodiment of evil, including and especially in living beings.
Elves, the immortal superheroes of Tolkien's fictional universe, are blindingly white – blonde-haired, blue-eyed and fair-skinned champions of the light. Orcs, the misshapen foot soldiers of evil forces, are swarthy and dark, twisted into hideously horrifying shapes.
stitchmediamix Deggans Yes! Thank you NPR!
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Deggans Who cares?
Deggans Does anyone other than NPR really care? Why don’t you use your Govt money to report on something meaningful? Border crisis? Ukraine? Inflation? yet you choose to report on make believe divisive content. NPR is a hack
Deggans No the Rings of power sucks because it's off Token's version and the fans is pissed.
Deggans I want to see African Hispanic Asian and every other ethnic groups story's. So we all can learn from one another's story's. It feels inauthentic because it is. I would love to see some African tales. See something new.
Deggans They're fantasy worlds. There's literally no reason for it to always be purely white dominated. I mean, white people get to play historic, colored people. So, why not?
Deggans more racial agitating from NPR.
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Deggans The fact there are no Asian elves or Asian mermaids shows you this is a woke version of diversity.
Deggans Every race on this planet has equal opportunity to write create and distribute narrative of their choosing. If you feel excluded write/create something that you feel is inclusive. Its not your place to demand to be part of someone else's heritage. RingsOfPower is awful execution
Deggans No one should have any problem with the best actors for the role being cast. When you start casting in order to check boxes (race & gender diversity), you water down the product and everyone can see through it.
Deggans Why don't they make their own?
Deggans Everyone knows that god made dwarves white 🙄🤦♂️
Deggans Don Lemon is very good in this role.
Deggans Fuck their feelings.
Deggans So, anytime someone doesn't like a show/movie it has to be because of racism? The show is slow, boring, and the main character is extremely annoying. Make better shows. I can't believe they had $1B and couldn't hire better writers and actors.
Deggans Because in their mind, White people of castles and such never saw a colored person or dealt with them or even took things from them--like numbers. Or spices. But we all know Europe was everywhere and in everything.
Deggans The one thing they all share: whiny dorks
Deggans Why is Hollywood intentionally corrupting its product with politically correct lecturing? Fans will never respect that, regardless of the property in question.
Deggans And it is All OK to have a white Jesus when we know that he wasn't. He is Jewish and Jews are not white. You have white angels and that's a blatant lie, none has ever appeared before man in its true form.
Deggans It's weird to me that this is a serious conversation.
Deggans Lord of the rings was specifically made to be a mythological take on Anglo-Saxon people, it’s similar to how there are only Asians in avatar the last airbender.
Deggans 2. Little mermaid Replacing white characters with black characters is racist Its just like Hitler replacing Jews with Germans Its like MLK being played by a white guy Reverse racism is still racism The ones screaming racism are the most racist of all
Deggans That’s a lot of words to just admit that cultural appropriation was always a bullshit myth. Racism never went away. It just got more diverse. Read that again.
Deggans For lord of the rings, skin has nothing to do with it I have been waiting for this release, I watched all the lord of the ring movies, and all of the hobit movies, again in anticipation What a disaster, no continuity at all They shouldn't have called it Lord of the Rings
Deggans I love living in a country 🇨🇦 where no one cares about the skin colour of a fictional character.
Deggans White people have most of the money and want to see other white people. Profit is the bottom line.
Deggans Nobody owes you anything. Write it yourselves.
Deggans If you have never read fantasy. There are elves of every different color
Deggans Proportional representation in the casting of fantasy films is entirely appropriate.
Deggans Can you replace the 'non-white' label? White isn't the majority. Pretty sure the bipoc community already told us about this one
Deggans It feels fine to this white guy. More of this. Diversity is the spice of life.
Deggans So we will also see white and black people in the new Avatar: The last Airbender show? After all its about diversity no?
Deggans Skin color in movies and TV literally only matters to those who want to paint the world racist. It shouldn't matter to anyone that the little mermaid will be played by a black actress. It should bother people that she is a bad actor.
Deggans Star Trek made this a non-issue decades ago. The real question, if this is being filmed in New Zealand? Is how large is the non-white population and how inclusive are they there? In the USA we having casting directors who pride themselves on being inclusive in casting.
Deggans And then there's the massive hypocrisy.
Deggans I really liked Ismael Cruz Cordova in Berlin Station. He’s a good actor and that’s really all that should matter.
Deggans This is gonna upset a lot of racists who think their 'heritage' allows them to oppress minority classes who don't fit into their world view. You know, brown people.
Deggans It's cultural appropriation.
Deggans No one cared 30 years ago. This is from the animated TV series that ran on CBS from 1992-1994. The mermaid's name is Gabriella.
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