Re: Article in the "Village Voice" about the Tolkien Movies

Hmm.  As some one who studied and wrote a paper on LoTR in gradschool, I
find his rather off-handed dismissals rather more indicative of his own
mental development that that of Tolkien's fans.  I think the main problem is
that Tolkien is hard for the great masses to understand because it deals
with the truely elemental parts of life.  Therefore it is only the
"children" and the truely wise who can really grasp what he is saying.
Those who fall in between fail to get the point.  I'm probably one of the
"children" but sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between a child
and a wise one.  They have more in common with each other than either has
with the middle.

Adam


>From: Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Article in the "Village Voice" about the Tolkien Movies
>Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:55:35 -0400
>
>http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0123/dibbell.shtml
>
>interesting...
>
>the end of it seems to have some significance for conlanging...
>
>
>-Stephen (Steg)
>  "sleep, like a fog, blew over him." ~ _gilgamesh_
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