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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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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

I always struggle when crappy shows and movies get dogpiled by bigots. Like, the bigots are wrong because they are bigots, but is that really the hill we need to defend? Yes, because otherwise the bigots rewrite the narrative to say that their hatred and ignorance is why the product was bad. They'll blame DEI or woke or affirmative action or whatever the Nazis are demonizing these days. But then I feel the need to trash the show for actual reasons it sucks unrelated to racism or sexism or homophobia or general intolerance. And then it feels like I'm rowing in the same direction as the bigots.

So I dunno.