Wow, I’ve just been visiting a particular forum dedicated to George RR Martin’s epic series ‘Song of Ice and Fire’, and my overriding memory of the experience is surprise at the sheer quantity of Sansa hatred out there. In my...
The secret of Gone with the Wind is that Scarlet O’ Hara IS the Confederacy. What Margaret Mitchell effectively does, is take the South as she saw it and turn it into flesh and blood. I never realised it until...
Somebody once advised me that the Lord of The Rings “is like totally cliché.” I conceded that since pretty much everyone has copied it, it probably is. The same person also pointed out that there are undertones of sexism and...
Do kids still grow up reading about Long John Silver, or does their knowledge of pirates extend no further than Johnny Depp and Orlando what’s his face? If you ask me, the powers that be should consider sticking Treasure Island...
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