Posted: February 11, 2000 at 16:02:32: by Michael Martinez
The announcement that George Lucas would be adding some ethnic stereotypes to the next STAR WARS film in response to the complaints his alleged use of ethnic stereotypes in "The Phantom Menace" gave me an idea for this week's column. Since many people do perceive The Lord of the Rings to be racist by "today's standards" (I'm still not sure of what that is supposed to mean), I wonder if Peter Jackson will not come under fire if he portrays some of Sauron's followers with dark-skinned actors.Of course, Jackson is from New Zealand, and he is making a movie based on a story written by an Englishman. The racial sensitivities that we Americans make so big a fuss over don't seem (to me) to have anywhere the kind of impact in those countries as they do here. Anyway, read my late-night ramblings at the link below.
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Suite101's Tolkien and Middle-earth Topic
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