
Weirdhouse Cinema: The Keepers (Russian Lord of the Rings)
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Tolkin Museum in Moscow
Tolkin strenuously objected to any attempt to read lord of the rings or any of his works, as allegory for real world or historical events. In fact, he made clear that he hated allegory. He thought that it was stupid and insulting to the audience to write a fantasy tale that was supposed to be an allegory for World War Two. And yet, once you certainly had a state suspicion concerning the work,. I guess that's kind of to to completely eradicate.
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