re: New Lord of the Rings Amazon series promises more diversity

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“It’s about the early days of the Shire and of Tolkien’s environment, so we’re an indigenous population of Harfoots, we’re hobbits but we’re called Harfoots. We’re multi-cultural, we’re a tribe not a race, so there are Black, Asian and brown, even Maori types within it.

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The Shire wasn’t even really around in the Second Age, and I don’t think Hobbits at all were around. The Hobbits come from a branch of men that are first mentioned around 1000 of the Third Age. This is absolutely ridiculous and this show is going to be a disaster.