![The Rings of Power' Star Lenny Henry Implies Critics Of Amazon's Race-Swapping Are Racist: “They Have No Trouble Believing In A Dragon But Can't Accept That A Black Person Could Be A The Rings of Power' Star Lenny Henry Implies Critics Of Amazon's Race-Swapping Are Racist: “They Have No Trouble Believing In A Dragon But Can't Accept That A Black Person Could Be A](https://boundingintocomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022.09.02-10.10-boundingintocomics-63127f4edfb9b.png)
The Rings of Power' Star Lenny Henry Implies Critics Of Amazon's Race-Swapping Are Racist: “They Have No Trouble Believing In A Dragon But Can't Accept That A Black Person Could Be A
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The Rings of Power is suffering a racist backlash for casting actors of colour – but Tolkien's work has always attracted white supremacists
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A common criticism of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) is that the show is "not Tolkien". This is a fair assessment as JRR Tolkien is unable to create new content as he has been dead for 40 years. : r/shittymoviedetails
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Trouble harfoot? Amazon's Lord of the Rings epic divides Tolkien fans | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | The Guardian
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The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power": Ismael Cruz Córdova Hit Back At Racist Trolls In Light Of The Series Being Review Bombed
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The 'Rings of Power' Is Not 'Too Woke.' The Hate Shows How Fandoms Give Way to Bigotry. | The Swaddle
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Amazon has shut down access to the "Rings of Power" series rating, and IMDb deletes ratings due to a lot of criticism and negative reviews | gagadget.com
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Elijah Wood and original 'Lord of the Rings' cast shut down racist critics of 'Rings of Power' | CNN
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