Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders cover image

Black Hobbits and the Whiteness of Fantasy (Plus: What Are Abbi Jacobson and Chanté Adams Into?)

Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders

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Is Tolkien Racist?

"I think it is magnificent to see how they have chosen to adapt material that many experts previously said was not adaptable," she says. "The idea that seeing people with darker skin interrupts the fantastic dream is something that must constantly be pushed back against."

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