Comment by fwip
7 days ago
Sure, the same way LotR is not an allegory for WW1, but it's difficult to miss the connections, whether Tolkien intentionally placed them there, or simply because those themes were something he felt deeply about.
7 days ago
Sure, the same way LotR is not an allegory for WW1, but it's difficult to miss the connections, whether Tolkien intentionally placed them there, or simply because those themes were something he felt deeply about.
In both cases the artists were, as one would say, working through some stuff...
Turns out "You can't go home again" is a powerful storytelling frame