The late British fantasy author refused to work with Nazi-leaning, Berlin-based publishers for The Hobbit. The idea that Tolkien had fascist sympathies is easy to dismiss. But does all this attention simply mean it's an inevitability that The Lord of The Rings' characters will be bent out of shape by fanatics on Reddit? Or are there really shortcomings in Tolkien's words that make it a honey trap for political outsiders with controversial views?
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With Amazon's Rings Of Power TV series in full flow, The Lord of The Rings is closer to the pop culture zeitgeist than it has been in years.
Although criticised by Viggo Mortensen (in a lengthy statement, the actor, who portrayed the character in Peter Jackson’s film trilogy, argued Aragorn was in fact “a multilingual statesman who advocates the knowledge and inclusion of the various races, customs and languages of Middle Earth”), the metaphor did little harm to Vox’s popularity three years later and the once-fringe party is set to form part of a regional Spanish government for the first time. In 2019, Spain’s far-Right party Vox shared a photo of King Aragorn in full warrior mode alongside a Twitter post that urged sword-to-sword conflict against left-wing, feminist, LGBT and separatist groups. And now that she has top billing in the Chigi, you can be sure Tolkien’s tales of pugnacious Hobbits overcoming evil Orcs will take a position of pride next to the bible on Meloni’s desk.Īnd she’s not alone. The leader of the Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) party has hard-line views on immigration, calling for Italy to fight against “Islamification” and preserve the cultural roots of the so-called “Christian family”. She even wrote The Lord of the Rings internet fan-fiction, placing her fascist ideals right at the epicentre of Middle Earth.
When Meloni was a youth-activist in the post-Fascist Italian Social Movement, she attended “Hobbit Camp”, a woodland retreat where the future stars of Italy’s alt-right political scene would dress up as The Lord of The Rings’ characters and feverishly compare their struggles with Gandalf’s quest to return a besieged society to a purer traditionalist age. Vernon Sanders, president and TV co-head of Amazon Studios added: "We want to thank the people and the government of New Zealand for their hospitality and dedication and for providing The Lord of the Rings series with an incredible place to begin this epic journey.“I don’t consider The Lord of The Rings to be a fantasy!” Italy’s newly crowned prime minister Giorgia Meloni once said. Wood continued: "From what I understand, the material they are working on exists chronologically further back in history in the lore of Lord of the Rings or Middle-Earth than any characters represented in Lord of the Rings."Īt the moment the storyline of the upcoming series is shrouded in secrecy, so the connection - or lack thereof - to the Jackson trilogy is still unknown.ĬOO and co-head of TV for Amazon Studios Albert Cheng commented: "As we look to relocate the production to the UK, we do not intend to actively pursue the Season One MoU five percent financial uplift with the New Zealand government or preserve the terms around that agreement, however, we respectfully defer to our partners and will remain in close consultation with them around next steps."
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