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Lord of the Rings: debunking the backlash against non-white actors in Amazon’s new adaption (2022, University of Glasgow) (theconversation.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Idunno, the show would have been still terrible even with original triology casting and original triology would've been still great with progressive cast.

Hobbits had all white casting and nobody liked it. The few people complaining about inclusivity is not enough to make the entire show to be recieved poorly, like we see time and time again on great shows and movies with inclusive casts starting like from forever ago.

Hell even mediocre at best shows do well with inclusive casting like that garbage witcher did, clearly showing inclusivity is mostly irrelevant.