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Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Cast a Black Dwarf, So of Course the Trolls Are Mad

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“Obviously there was going to be push and backlash,” a Tolkein scholar says, “but the question is from whom?”

Laura Bradley
Laura Bradley 

Senior Entertainment Reporter

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Laura Bradley

Laura Bradley

Senior Entertainment Reporter

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