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Old 04-13-2004, 05:04 PM   #15
Saraphim
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This is one of the most engrossing threads I have ever participated in. However, I have some rather unhappy comments to make.

My biggest complaint is with the authoress. As I mentioned before, she uses limited quotes to her advantage, which gives her the angle of haveing to deal with heathenous, bumbling nincompoops, which I also mentioned before. But that second article made me realize something else, as well.

It is not the job of the cast and crew to know the answers to these things. When asked by a reporter about such things, they rely on what they know, and what they know is obviously not what pleases Ms. Bashem.

Of course, the cast has thier own beliefs and sees something different with the book than someone else might. This goes along with what Child of the 7th Age said:

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Not surprisingly, they all came up short, since their own backgrounds and interests were wholly different than her own.
When Ms. Besham looks at LotR, she most likely sees a story infused with Christian themes and metaphors. I, for example, do not. As I said before, I recognize the Christain basis for the story, and I feel that the morals portrayed are fundamentaly good, as well as Christian, but I do not see a wholly religious work. To me it is simply a good book, saturated with things everyone can appreciate, and appreciate in thier own way.

Every story, and everything contained therein, means something different to different people. And I think Megan Bashem needs to recognize that or she won't succeed at journalism for very long.
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