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In the upcoming Amazon show LOTR: The Rings of Power (2022), Lenny Henry is confirmed to play a hobbit. As no black hobbits exist in shire during LOTR, and this is 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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Here is a new pic from Amazon's upcoming 'Rings of Power show. I'm really trying to keep an open mind about it, even after the trailer. But I'm sure that Tolkien stated
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