Middle Earth is, for many of , a very gay place, and I would like to see that queer legacy reflected Amazon's new Lord of the Rgs seri.
Contents:
- LORD OF THE RG TAPS A GAY ARCHETYPE
- 'LORD OF THE RGS' ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE
- MAKE AMAZON’S LORD OF THE RGS GAY, YOU COWARDS
LORD OF THE RG TAPS A GAY ARCHETYPE
Armed wh a retort volvg proctologists, Osr-nomated actor Viggo Mortensen is prepared for cricism of his cisn - as a straight man - to play a gay character his directorial but, which premier Bra on Monday. * gay characters in lord of the rings *
Note: This say ntas discsn of homophobia and mentn of suici.
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'LORD OF THE RGS' ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE
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MAKE AMAZON’S LORD OF THE RGS GAY, YOU COWARDS
The only mentn is a bland reference his bgraphy by Humphrey Carpenter: “As to homosexualy, Tolkien claimed that at neteen he did not even know the word. Tolkien wrote of the openly gay poet W.