Lord of the Rings - a radical viewpoint (a must read for tolkien fans)

This is one of the most excellent things i've read in awhile. If you are into Middle-Earth and have a half hour to read this, it's a treat.

www.mcsweeneys.net...


It's a fake transcription of an audio commentary track for the first LotR movie (fellowship), as commented by Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky.
I don't want to spoil anything or infringe any copyrights, but to give a small idea of the theme running through this, here's an excerpt from right near the beginning:

Chomsky: We should examine carefully what's being established here in the prologue. For one, the point is clearly made that the "master ring," the so-called "one ring to rule them all," is actually a rather elaborate justification for preemptive war on Mordor.

Seriously, this is super entertaining.


just as a helpful note, the link to the second half is back up at the top... in case you can't find it...

[Edited on 19-6-2003 by quango]