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026 – Eat Your Broccoli

The Rings of Power Wrap-up

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Tolkien and the Darkness

"It felt like they were trying to harken back to Jackson rather than harking back to the text," says James. "The more I sit on these lines, honestly, the less I like them." The idea that one has to touch darkness or touch evil in some way in order to know what right and wrong is doesn't seem like a great fit in Tolkien,. It's very modern, very postmodern.

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