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Sex & Sensibility: Amazon’s Nude Take On Tolkien
The One Ring Net ^ | Oct 6, 2020 | Cliff Quickbeam Broadway

Posted on 10/07/2020 12:25:52 PM PDT by LadyDoc

Amazon Studios’ LOTR Series Heads Into Uncharted Carnal Waters with Casting Call for Nudity and an “Intimacy Coordinator”

This might be a singularly surprising or even upsetting concept to present to Tolkien fans. If I were to address this reality to Star Wars, or Harry Potter, or even Miyazaki fandom it would raise eyebrows or outright alarm. But gather ’round the campfire and hear my tremulous words:“Prepare for a newly-sexualized version of your favorite fantasy world.”...

Fact check: We can confirm Amazon Studios has hired Jennifer Ward-Lealand, a well-known New Zealand Intimacy Coordinator, for the Lord of the Rings production...

Fact check: Rumor! An open casting call for background extras “comfortable with nudity” with a production code of “JAZZ.” We have seen other casting notices that may apply to Lord of the Rings using codeword “JAZZ” for interesting-looking actors and horse riders. Just how many naked extras do you need for a classy, romantic love-making scene?...

(Excerpt) Read more at theonering.net ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: amazon; tolkien
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

And Gabaldon.


41 posted on 10/07/2020 2:26:14 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: LadyDoc

Possibly some scenes with nude orcs and big Mike O.?


42 posted on 10/07/2020 2:27:04 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: I-ambush

43 posted on 10/07/2020 5:31:55 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

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But the hedgehog can never be buggered!


44 posted on 10/08/2020 2:16:58 AM PDT by servo1969
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