_NP?_ "the_formerly_colonised_coming_back_to_haunt_us"

[jbor]

on 23/12/02 11:39 PM, The Great Quail at quail at libyrinth.com wrote:

> But to me, it sounds like White Male Guilt Studies
> 101 to take seriously such accusations as, "It's white centered," or, "Why
> aren't there more female characters?" It seems a bit superficial, even
> sophomoric, the kind of argument best made by an over-zealous college
> student. Certainly there are better places to direct energy than to finding
> cultural centrism in a culture's mythology.

... And I guess the other thing to note is the opportune timing of that
Shapiro guy's press release. Call me cynical, but it sure sounds to me like
he decided to cash in on the ol' Tolkien revival himself.

best