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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Troels Forchhammer  wrote:   
      
   > >> Whatever you may think thereof, this is not a matter of someone's   
   > >> "interpretation of a character" but of carefully reading   
   > >> Tolkien's story for what is there, and carefully watching   
   > >> Jackson's story for what is in that.   
   > >   
   > > Yeah, so what you're trying to say is that "reading" and   
   > > "interpreting" has nothing to do with one another, and that the   
   > > personality of Tolkiens characters can be read in only one valid   
   > > way. I'm sure you'll find it as no surprise that I don't agree   
   > > with this in any way, shape or form.   
   >   
   > That is a straw man - a fallacious argument.   
      
   Then I apologize, it was an honest enough interpretation of your   
   remark.   
      
   > Your postmodern view on literature and film is one that I reject   
   > completely (I really have no patience for the extremes of postmodern   
   > relativistic claptrap), and your failure to understand the difference   
   > between applicability and a careful, objective reading of what is in   
   > the text is to me baffling -- but ultimately uninteresting. In the view   
   > of this, I don't really think there's any point in continuing this.   
      
   Neither do I. Have a good life!   
      
      
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