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From the article: For my money, this is one of the best moments in the trilogy, if only for the haunting implication that orcs understand the concept of a menu
by tantalor 8y ago
From the article:
For my money, this is one of the best moments in the trilogy, if only for the haunting implication that orcs understand the concept of a menu. There will come a blog post where I consider the idea that orcs have a cultural memory of a more civilised existence. Where I wonder if maybe they are good people who have been woefully misrepresented in a history told by its victors. But it is not this blog post.
- KineticLensman 8y ago> Where I wonder if maybe they are good people who have been woefully misrepresented in a history told by its victors That would be 'The Last Ringbearer' [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer
- asbromberg 8y agoAlso half-seriously considered in this mcsweeney's satire: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/unused-audio-commentary-by-howard-zinn-and-noam-chomsky-recorded-summer-2002-for-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-platinum-series-extended-edition-dvd-part-one https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/unused-audio-commentary-...
- jeffbr13 8y agoCheck out “The Last Ringbearer”[1] for an alternate take on the LotR mythology where the orcs aren’t monsters but instead citizens of the renaissance state of Mordor. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer