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In Reply to: Re: Is that " The Art of Cunning ? ".... posted by patrickU on January 8, 2004 at 10:52:06:
Somewhere along the line I got the distinct impression that you were French; no offense was intended and I sincerely mean that.The fact that you live in Germany may explain, at least in some small part, your sensitivity to issues of anti-semitism; in any case, I respect that. I doubt that any culture, America's included, can ever shed the stigma of mistreating some ethnic group, race and/or minority during the course of it's growth and developement. Respecting and acknowledging history is indeed important, as I've pointed out before while quoting the famous words of Georges Santayana, but so is making a concerted effort NOT to overreact.
Which brings me to your opinions of LoTR. Personally, I think you may be overreacting a bit to Tolkien's works and Jackson's filmed versions, perhaps reading things into them that just aren't present. Tolkien himself stated as much in his own lifetime when armchair philosophers were trying to extract symbolism from the texts of his work. Tolkien stated emphatically that he was simply trying to tell a good story. So, reading things into his works, whether philosophically profound or diabolical, misrepresents the man's legacy, IMHO.
Peter Jackson, I believe, was merely trying to translate a complex and theoretically unfilmable literary work loved by generations of readers into a cinematic vision accessible to a generation which had never read Tolkien while not offending the loyal legion who had read them.
AuPh
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Follow Ups
- My apologies for getting your point of origin wrong. - Audiophilander 15:22:47 01/08/04 (24)
- Re:You don´t have! But does it really matter? - patrickU 03:56:16 01/09/04 (6)
- "I think that YOU did oveact[sic]." - No, when someone makes an accusation of racism, it shouldn't be taken lightly. - Audiophilander 09:03:14 01/09/04 (5)
- Re: "I think that YOU did oveact[sic]." - No, when someone makes an accusation of racism, it shouldn't be taken lightly. - patrickU 09:05:02 01/09/04 (4)
- Patrick, I've read ALL of your posts in this thread & there's more than a simple query involved in your assertions. - Audiophilander 09:41:53 01/09/04 (3)
- Re: In books ? - patrickU 10:08:21 01/09/04 (2)
- That's the implication. - Audiophilander 11:00:20 01/09/04 (1)
- Re: That's the implication. - patrickU 11:16:30 01/09/04 (0)
- He's French. And cagey too. (nt - dennzio 16:55:29 01/08/04 (15)
- Word has it he's really a Bulgarian milk man. 8^) - albee33 18:46:41 01/08/04 (2)
- Re: Yes, who cares? - patrickU 04:11:33 01/09/04 (1)
- Vulgar Bulgar or not, I still love you. The milk must be delivered! 8^) n - albee33 06:39:11 01/09/04 (0)
- Hee, hee; well, if that's true, then I guess he has a serious identity conflict. - Audiophilander 17:13:58 01/08/04 (11)
- Do the French even have a mythology? - dennzio 19:18:15 01/08/04 (10)
- Of course they do! And more than one, as boundaries were not the same as today´s - orejones 11:53:11 01/09/04 (2)
- Re: Of course they do! And more than one, as boundaries were not the same as today´s - patrickU 13:10:45 01/09/04 (0)
- But still, nothing, you know, French. (nt - dennzio 12:08:47 01/09/04 (0)
- Apparently the French have built a mythology around the theory that Jerry Lewis is funny. - Audiophilander 22:18:08 01/08/04 (3)
- Reminds me of a scene in his 1960 film the BellBoy - grinagog 23:03:16 01/08/04 (2)
- "Perhaps clever mime is more appreciated in French culture, no?" - Perhaps, but a mime is a terrible thing to waste, no? - Audiophilander 00:17:19 01/09/04 (1)
- Beautiful!! That got me grinning! <nt> - grinagog 01:26:11 01/09/04 (0)
- They certainly embrace the myth of French superiority nt - padreken 20:12:41 01/08/04 (2)
- Napolean, scourge of Europe, has a pretty nice tomb! n - albee33 06:37:08 01/09/04 (0)
- Re: They certainly embrace the reality of French arrogance. nt - patrickU 04:02:36 01/09/04 (0)
- It's very hard to believe that.... - dennzio 16:54:03 01/08/04 (0)
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