Geek Wars
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Pop-culture franchises such as Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones—which grew this year to include Amazon’s The Rings of Power and HBO’s House of the Dragon, respectively—have recently begun diversifying their casts. Some fans are not happy about this development, and have taken pains to make their objections known. I chatted with our staff writer Adam Serwer, who wrote last week about these “reactionary geeks” and their aims.
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