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   temujin to michael.stemper@gmail.com   
   Re: Pop culture and Middle-earth   
   27 May 17 23:12:39   
   
   From: private@gmx.liechtenstein   
      
   On Tue, 23 May 2017 16:45:56 -0500, "Michael F. Stemper"   
    wrote:   
   > On 2017-03-31 17:21, temujin wrote:   
      
   > > The movies are to the books as the orcs are to elves,   
   > > ie an irredeemable but virulent corruption of the original.   
   >   
   > Did Tolkien call orcs "irredeemable"? That would seem   
   > inconsistent with his Catholicism. However, I'll admit   
   > that I've never read any of his letters.   
      
   Orcs as degraded elves who Eru restores to grace after   
   death? I don't think direct religious allegory was Tolkien's   
   thing but it's an interesting thought.   
      
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