Posted on 10/14/2021 5:17:21 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Actor Sir Lenny Henry has shared some new insight on Amazon's The Lord of the Rings TV show, which will feature a diverse multicultural cast and a "very strong female presence." Speaking to the BBC, Henry said he plays a Harfoot, a type of hobbit described by Tolkien in his writing as having darker skin.
"I'm a Harfoot, because J.R.R. Tolkien--who was from Birmingham!...--suddenly there were Black hobbits. I'm a Black hobbit. It's brilliant," Henry said (via WeGotThisCovered). "And what's notable about this... it's a prequel to the age that we've seen in the films and the books. It's about the early days of the Shire and of Tolkien's environment. So we're an indigenous population of Harfoots. We're hobbits but we're called Harfoots. And we're multicultural. We're a tribe. We're not a race."
The Harfoots are also made up of a variety of other people from different backgrounds, Henry said. "So there are Black and Asian and Brown and even Maori-types within it. It's a whole brand-new set of adventures that seeds some of the origins of different characters," Henry explained.
The show will also have a "very strong female presence," Henry said.
"There is a very strong female presence in this, there are going to be female heroes in this and they're going to be little people as usual," he said.
Actor Ludi Lin, who played Liu Kang recently in the Mortal Kombat movie, previously called out Amazon for a lack of diversity in its upcoming The Lord of the Rings TV show.
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Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV show is scheduled to premiere on September 2, 2022, which is the anniversary of Tolkien's death.
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Except that thinking that you can decide what SEX you are is part of that real evil.
Me too....TV programing is terrible....even commercials! There are no boundaries at all!
You do know when they say strong women you know they mean transgenders or homosexuals portraying the female character!
Yes the female characters in LOTR were strong but I think that’s what these writers didn’t like about them. They were clearly women.
Modern media likes to portray women as men in drag. You know the 110 lb girl beats up all the guys.
In Bored of the Rings, by the Harvard Lampoon, the Bilbo Baggins character was named Dildo Bugger. He wasn’t a tranny, just a nasty old perv.
Very funny book, at least to those of us with a juvenile sense of humor.
NBCUniversal Expands Spellcheck for Bias Partnership With Geena Davis Institute (AI scriptwriters)
TV show = 5 minutes of content stretched over 40 minutes
"Its believable!" BVM!
Just how are we supposed to tell if a character is a strong woman. Let me guess: she unleashes her inner bitch, according to a woman psychologist quoted by Limbaugh once.
I can see it now, the grey/white wizards, eelves, hobbits and dwarves ill be exclusively people of color/minorities, and the evil goblins will be exclusively white.
No thanks.
Does anyone BLAME Orcs for wanting free dental care? No wonder they had mostly peaceful protests!
Dindu Nuffins, Pantsbe Saggins and Sambo Tarley are rumored to be characters.
Then it isnt “The Lord of the Rings”, just ballerinas on parade.
Tolkein was a traditional conservative Christian who wrote the trilogy as a Christian parable. Efforts to capitalize on debauchery by perverting the story require Tolkein followers and true Christians to ban this travesty.
In other words, a real stinker
But if they go into homosexuality or gender-bending then I'm out.
According to John McCain, we are hobbits.
So like most every other woke tv show these days that’s not watchable. Why even make it?
See how this guy nails all the wokeness from Star Trek Discovery aka STD!
Many women, gays and whatevers and terrible writing and acting.
The Michael Burnham Show Returns for a Fourth Season!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA57EvgvVA4
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