The Queen, The Shire, And Amazons Absurd Attempt To Commodify Tolkien

Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 4:41 p.m.

On this episode\xa0of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Senior Editor John Daniel Davidson joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to\xa0discuss the context J.R.R. Tolkien's\xa0writing provides for the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and explain what Amazon's new "Rings of Power" adaptation gets wrong about Tolkien's work.\xa0

Read Davidson's article "Three Big Ways Amazon\u2019s \u2018Rings of Power\u2019 Butchers Tolkien\u2019s Lore" here:\xa0https://thefederalist.com/2022/09/09/three-big-ways-amazons-rings-of-power-butchers-tolkiens-lore/