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Transgressive writers can be cinematic

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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

"Can you ever forgive me?" managed to be cinematic by showing what was essentially a series of capers. It also had a star who drank too much and was sometimes surly to library staff members smiley - yikes.

So, maybe Tolkien's only cinematic fault was that he wasn't transgressive enough. Or, if he had a dark side, he kept it too well hidden. smiley - winkeye


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