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we still love @JRRTolkien, which is why we detest Peter Jackson so very much—we think he turned one our favorite childhood works of art into coarse crass (and racist) action trash, and for some reason hardly anyone's noticed. I suppose it's a sign we're in the Bad Place™.

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it's one of the ill-kept secrets of the modern-day fascıst movement, by the way, that they *adore* the Peter Jackson #LOTR films—people like @MattWalshBlog and @Timcast and @benshapiro have probably watched those trashy movies a thousand times. they're big hits, after all.

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and if someone like @benshapiro adores your movie, then you've done something dreadfully wrong—and I earnestly hope that Peter Jackson's treatment of #Tolkien one day gets a very thorough critical laceration. Jackson's a hacky director, and he made polished hackwork.

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Como parece que vamos a tener que estar un tiempo en casa, he pensado que es tiempo para un #hilodelibros. Cada día, un libro. #YoMeQuedoEnCasa Abro hilo:
Vamos a empezar con "Momentos Estelares de la Humanidad", de Stefan Zweig, una recopilación de catorce momentos estelares que pudieron cambiar para siempre el curso de la historia del hombre. Leer a Zweig en momentos de crisis siempre es una catarsis: unsecretogigantesco.com/momentos-estel…
2. Seguimos hoy con "Los hijos de Húrin", episodio póstumo de #Tolkien que editó su hijo Christopher. Un cuento oscuro y hermoso en el que Túrin, su protagonista, parece marcado por un destino y una tendencia al mal imposible de evitar. #YoMeQuedoEnCasa unsecretogigantesco.com/los-hijos-de-h…
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