{"id":1632406,"date":"2022-09-04T08:18:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T12:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1632406"},"modified":"2022-09-04T08:22:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T12:22:16","slug":"amazons-rings-of-power-star-implies-critics-of-race-swapping-are-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazons-rings-of-power-star-implies-critics-of-race-swapping-are-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s &#8220;Rings Of Power&#8221; Star Implies Critics Of Race-Swapping Are Racist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famazons-rings-of-power-star-implies-critics-of-race-swapping-are-racist%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1632406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Like so many before him who have defaulted to the same tired excuse in order to defend any number of live-action Hollywood adaptations from criticisms against a given project\u2019s bastardization of its source material, series star Lenny Henry has dismissed critics of<em> The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powers<\/em>\u2019 race-swapping of J.R.R. Tolkiens original creations as nothing more than racists who can\u2019t handle the idea that \u201ca Black person could be a member of the court, or a hobbit, or an elf.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 1 Episode 1 \u201cA Shadow of the Past\u201d (2022), Amazon Studios.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/09\/01\/morfydd-clark-attempts-to-defend-radical-changes-to-j-r-r-tolkiens-work-in-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power\/\">Morfydd Clark Attempts To Defend Radical Changes To J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s Work In \u2018The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The comedian, who portrays the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/10\/12\/actor-lenny-henry-confirms-radical-changes-to-hobbits-in-amazons-the-lord-of-the-rings-series\/\">non-Hobbit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/10\/despite-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-including-hobbits-j-r-r-tolkien-made-it-clear-they-were-not-in-the-second-age\/\">Hobbit<\/a>\u2018 Sadoc Burrows in Amazon\u2019s multi-million-dollar swing-and-a-miss, offered his thoughts on critics of the series\u2019 changes to Tolkien\u2019s dutifully and explicitly crafted world during a recent interview given to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq-magazine.co.uk\/culture\/article\/lenny-henry-rings-of-power-interview\">GQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-6312809e1784e-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-6312809e1784e-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-6312809e1784e-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-6312809e1784e-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-6312809e1784e-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-6312809e1784e-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-6312809e1784e-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 AUGUST 30: Sir Lenny Henry attends \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power\u201d World Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on August 30, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings\/Tristan Fewings\/Getty Images for Prime Video)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Prompted to address the subject by GQ associate digital editor Ben Allen\u2019s inquiry of, \u201cWhat made you want to get involved in <em>The Rings of Power<\/em>?\u201d, Henry bluntly began, \u201cI love fantasy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been reading comics since I was nine,\u201d he recalled. \u201cTolkien was from Birmingham, and the Shire is based on the Lickey hills in Birmingham. It all very much feels like something to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.08-boundingintocomics-63127ec8351b7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.08-boundingintocomics-63127ec8351b7.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.08-boundingintocomics-63127ec8351b7-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.08-boundingintocomics-63127ec8351b7-1340x558-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.08-boundingintocomics-63127ec8351b7-768x320-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.08-boundingintocomics-63127ec8351b7-600x250-1.png 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 1 Episode 1 \u201cA Shadow of the Past\u201d (2022), Amazon Studios.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/31\/grace-randolph-savages-galadriel-in-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-claims-elrond-is-gay\/\">Grace Randolph Savages Galadriel In \u2018The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power,\u2019 Claims Elrond Is Gay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, despite feeling this connection to <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, Henry then noted that \u201cOften when you\u2019re watching these things, you don\u2019t see yourself as a Black person. But what\u2019s interesting about this being told from a 21st-century perspective, things are being reconfigured. And I liked that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I agreed to be in the show] because maybe some kid will be watching this one day and they\u2019ll see [co-stars] Ismael Cruz Cordova and Sophie Nomvete and they\u2019ll see me and go, \u2018Yeah, I can wield a sword. Yeah, I can rock a bow and arrow\u2019,\u201d the actor explained. \u201cThis is a groundbreaking moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179339\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280993062e-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280993062e-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280993062e-300x206-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280993062e-1340x921-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280993062e-768x528-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 AUGUST 30: Sir Lenny Henry arrives at the afterparty for \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power\u201d world premiere at The British Museum on August 30, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer\/Getty Images for Prime Video)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Met in turn with the assertion from Allen that \u201cit feels like the big new fantasy franchises are finally diversifying\u201d \u2013 a presumed reference to the similar race-swappings seen in such series as HBO\u2019s <em>House of the Dragon<\/em> and Netflix\u2019s <em>The Witcher<\/em> \u2013 Henry affirmed, \u201cThere\u2019s a real sense of trying to be more inclusive than we were in this world\u201d before turning to address those who disagreed with the pair\u2019s belief that this post-2014 screenwriting trope was anything but trite and lazy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179332\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.07-boundingintocomics-63127ebe69bf9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.07-boundingintocomics-63127ebe69bf9.png 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.07-boundingintocomics-63127ebe69bf9-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.07-boundingintocomics-63127ebe69bf9-1340x558-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.07-boundingintocomics-63127ebe69bf9-768x320-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.07-boundingintocomics-63127ebe69bf9-600x250-1.png 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 1 Episode 1 \u201cA Shadow of the Past\u201d (2022), Amazon Studios.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/17\/ismael-cruz-cordova-promotes-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-with-identity-politics-there-will-no-longer-be-a-time-where-you-can-say-there-are-no-elves-of-color\/\">Ismael Cruz C\u00f3rdova Promotes \u2018The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power\u2019 With Identity Politics: \u201cThere Will No Longer Be A Time Where You Can Say There Are No Elves Of Color\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[<em>House of the Dragon<\/em> star] Steve Toussaint keeps saying\u2026The purists <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/26\/house-of-the-dragon-star-steve-toussaint-implies-critics-of-lord-velaryon-race-swap-are-racist-theyre-happy-with-a-dragon-white-hair-and-violet-colored-eyes-but-a-rich-black\/\">were saying things<\/a> about [his casting in the show] god bless them,\u201d he said. \u201cThey have no trouble believing in a dragon, but they do have trouble believing that a Black person could be a member of the court. Or that a Black person could be a hobbit or an elf.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280953b334-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280953b334-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280953b334-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280953b334-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280953b334-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280953b334-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.02-10.15-boundingintocomics-631280953b334-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 AUGUST 30: Sir Lenny Henry \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power\u201d World Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on August 30, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Andrew Timms\/Prime Video)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He then declared, \u201cAnd actually, storytellers can do what they want, because they\u2019re storytellers. In the reimagining of these stories from 1000 years ago, they are not part of the canon that everybody knows, this is a re-imagining and re-weaving of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd [<em>Rings of Power<\/em> showrunners] JD Payne and Patrick McKay have just gone, \u2018What if?\u2019\u201d he added. \u201cThe greatest two words in storytelling: What if.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_172014\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172014\" class=\"size-full wp-image-172014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.07.13-03.45-boundingintocomics-62cee87d2159c-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.07.13-03.45-boundingintocomics-62cee87d2159c-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.07.13-03.45-boundingintocomics-62cee87d2159c-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.07.13-03.45-boundingintocomics-62cee87d2159c-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.07.13-03.45-boundingintocomics-62cee87d2159c-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.07.13-03.45-boundingintocomics-62cee87d2159c-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.07.13-03.45-boundingintocomics-62cee87d2159c-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-172014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows and Beau Cassidy in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED REPORT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/25\/report-amazon-studios-will-declare-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-a-victory-regardless-of-actual-viewership\/\">Amazon Studios Will Declare \u2018The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power\u2019 A Victory \u201cRegardless Of Actual Viewership\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To this end, when asked by Allen if he would\u2019ve been interested in being a part of Peter Jackson\u2019s cinematic <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> trilogy, Henry lamented, \u201cI would have loved to have been involved in it. But change takes a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSlavery lasted for 400 years, for god\u2019s sake,\u201d he said, pulling out the most easily bombastic rhetoric he possibly could in support of his defense. \u201cIn the middle of slavery, we were all going \u2018Damn, this has taken a long time. When is the abolishment again?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_175374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175374\" class=\"size-full wp-image-175374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.08.06-03.38-boundingintocomics-62ede224eaad3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.08.06-03.38-boundingintocomics-62ede224eaad3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.06-03.38-boundingintocomics-62ede224eaad3-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.08.06-03.38-boundingintocomics-62ede224eaad3-1340x556-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.08.06-03.38-boundingintocomics-62ede224eaad3-768x318-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.08.06-03.38-boundingintocomics-62ede224eaad3-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-175374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: The Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King \u2013 Extended Edition (2003), New Line Cinema<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pulling out yet another pandering comparison, Lenny continued, \u201cWomen getting the vote, women are in the middle of that looking at their watches going, \u2018When is this going to change?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChange is long, but then [*claps hands*] it happens,\u201d he concluded. \u201cAnd you\u2019ve got to catch up. And I think that\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_173647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173647\" class=\"size-full wp-image-173647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.07.25-09.00-boundingintocomics-62df0472c5aeb-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.07.25-09.00-boundingintocomics-62df0472c5aeb-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.25-09.00-boundingintocomics-62df0472c5aeb-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.07.25-09.00-boundingintocomics-62df0472c5aeb-1340x556-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.07.25-09.00-boundingintocomics-62df0472c5aeb-768x319-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.07.25-09.00-boundingintocomics-62df0472c5aeb-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-173647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Thusitha Jayasundera, Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows, and Sara Zwangobani as Marigold Brandyfoot in Prime Video\u2019s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/em> is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/30\/lenny-henry-unapologetic-about-altering-j-r-r-tolkiens-works-in-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-were-telling-the-story-now\/\">Lenny Henry Unapologetic About Altering J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s Works In \u2018The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power\u2019: \u201cWe\u2019re Telling The Story Now\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like so many before him who have defaulted to the same tired excuse in order to defend any number of live-action Hollywood adaptations from criticisms against a given project\u2019s bastardization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1632408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1632406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1632408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}