Posted on 01/24/2023 1:22:50 PM PST by servo1969
LOS GATOS, CA -- In a move celebrated by casual viewers but criticized by longtime fans of C.S. Lewis's children's book series The Chronicles Of Narnia, Netflix has released marketing materials confirming that The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe will feature the first-ever black White Witch.
"We wanted a more sympathetic approach to the famously white villain, and believe us - you're going to love the changes in store for each of Lewis's most beloved characters, which reflect the world we live in today." Showrunner Matthew Alrich wrote in a series of Tweets announcing the move. "We hope that sassy black girls everywhere will be able to see themselves in this powerful, sympathetic, and feminist take on a misunderstood character."
Details have also emerged confirming that Aslan would be reimagined as an atheist, Mx. Tumnus would explore his new identity as an oppressed trans-fawn, and Susan Pevensie will be in a queer polyamorous relationship with several Narnian misfits.
While much of the chatter around the production has centered around whether Netflix would make Narnia "the new Game Of Thrones," few anticipated the development of a race-reversed witch, presented as a misunderstood anti-hero. Filmmaker Rian Johnson voiced his support in a comment: "It's all about subversion, baby! Just look at my groundbreaking movie that reinvented Star Wars: The Last Jedi!"
At publishing time, Netflix announced they had bought the rights for Lewis's Surprised By Joy, a reflective memoir about grappling with his faith in the wake of his wife's death from cancer. Netflix says audiences will love their "fresh, modern take," and their story will follow Lewis as he abandons his dying wife to live his truth. The Year of Me will star Idris Elba as C.S. Lewis and is slated for release on the platform in 2024.
The Bee’s stories are actually sounding like genuinely real stories.
If you dont catch the source first, who would doubt this wasn’t a new woketard truth?
quote “which reflect the world we live in today”
the black percentage of the US population is about the same as it was 100 years ago, and in fact is going DOWN!
I am sooooooooooo tired of this false trope being spewed that puts forward that LIE that blacks are becoming a bigger and bigger percentage of the US population.
All census data is available online, check for yourselves.
How would the color of the witch Fup the story?
SO.....a gray witch then? Seems kind of bland.
It’s a good question whether Aslan will be Shiite or Sunni.
Everybody emerges from the Wardrobe cross-dressed.
Ditto ... ouch!
I’ve watched a few of those (on your recommendation, I think). That’s a pretty good series. Need to pick that back up. I look mostly for movies, but that well is dry.
I am listening to it right now. And enjoying it immensely.
Idk if it was Lewis or Tolkien who said that going back and rereading the best from our childhoods being a wonderful experience.
But that is what I am doing. Some by audio and others are books. Plus my beloved little women. A gift from my beloved grandmother.
Sadly my eyesight is deteriorating so I can’t read the books I grew up with. Print’s too small.
Swiss Family Robinson, The Coral Island, The Pilgrims Progress, The Water Babies, Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Wind in the Willows, Ivanhoe. From Dickens, the ones I liked best were Bleak House and The Old Curiosity Shop. I like books with a strong moral compass, that make you think, and don’t shy away from the banality of horrors. One of the Biggles anthologies walks you through the death throes of a shot-up pilot before explaining how eyes glass over. Call of the Wild is another book with sections like that.
Titus Groan, from the Gormenghast saga, is the most brilliantly written fiction I ever read as a kid, but it takes a lot of concentration.
far more than Of the CS Lewis books I only liked The Last Battle. The others were a bit too bland for my taste.
I am certainly enjoying books on tape programs. Often free through the library. If you have reading issues I think the libraries could hook you up with auditory books for sight impaired
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