The Chronicles of Narnia and more PC nonsense
Well this weekend Disney released its own adaptation of C.S. Lewis' classic The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. From what I've heard, the film has received very positive reviews and how this maybe the start of a new trend for Hollywood, that is making films with more overt Christian elements. I certainly hope that's true. When I get some free time I will most certainly try to see it.
However, it seems that political correctness and multi-culturalism have several problems with the Chronicles of Narnia. Recently this article has come to my attention that outlines the supposed racism of the books. My particular favorite is that C.S. Lewis' books are clearly "Anglo-centric" since all the visitors to Narnia are British, all the door-ways to Narnia are in England, and Narnia coincidently resembles medieval British society.
Yes, how dare a British author write books about British people visiting fantasy worlds that so happened to resemble British society. Is that racism, or simply an author writing within his own cultural context and trying to make the fantasy aspects more understandable to his general audience? Not only that, Lewis was a very patriotic Englishman, so his writings most likely reflected that world-view; which was the same with the Brother Grimm as I explained in a previous post. That can be said of many writers, including Dante or even Shakespeare(Henry V being the most famous example of his patriotic plays).
Sadly, this is only the beginning. The Chronicles also are racist because the villains of the story, the Calormenes, are "oily and dark-skinned people who wear turbans, pointy slippers and armed with scimitars". Not to mention they also worship a "false God". Clearly the Calormenes are allegorical references to Muslims. And your point is what? It's not uncommon for figures in fantasy literature to be based off actual people and creatures. And since C.S. Lewis' fantasy works are clearly Christian allegory, what else would you expect? Muslims have been the arch-enemy of Christendom for several centuries, and they still hold hatred for Christendom as they recently showed with their rampage of destruction in France.
So far, I have not heard any of these criticism leveled at the film per se. Most criticisms of the film I've heard so far is largely technical in nature. Thank goodness for that! Although it would be funny to see these politically-correct loud-mouths spew their nonsense and see the deaf hearing they'd most likely receive. Just like happened with their cries against Mel Gibson's film.
It can be quite comical at times at what many "academics" consider "racist" nowadays. My particular favorite is the condemnation of the supposed racist and sexist icon of Frosty the Snowman. You're seriously tempted to ask these people what are they smoking when they come up with this stuff.
So yeah go watch the film and enjoy it. Be glad of the fact that you're among the many other viewers who understand that the Chronicles are largely childrens' stories that contain a strong moral message. Just leave it to the academic morons to come up with all the nonsense.
However, it seems that political correctness and multi-culturalism have several problems with the Chronicles of Narnia. Recently this article has come to my attention that outlines the supposed racism of the books. My particular favorite is that C.S. Lewis' books are clearly "Anglo-centric" since all the visitors to Narnia are British, all the door-ways to Narnia are in England, and Narnia coincidently resembles medieval British society.
Yes, how dare a British author write books about British people visiting fantasy worlds that so happened to resemble British society. Is that racism, or simply an author writing within his own cultural context and trying to make the fantasy aspects more understandable to his general audience? Not only that, Lewis was a very patriotic Englishman, so his writings most likely reflected that world-view; which was the same with the Brother Grimm as I explained in a previous post. That can be said of many writers, including Dante or even Shakespeare(Henry V being the most famous example of his patriotic plays).
Sadly, this is only the beginning. The Chronicles also are racist because the villains of the story, the Calormenes, are "oily and dark-skinned people who wear turbans, pointy slippers and armed with scimitars". Not to mention they also worship a "false God". Clearly the Calormenes are allegorical references to Muslims. And your point is what? It's not uncommon for figures in fantasy literature to be based off actual people and creatures. And since C.S. Lewis' fantasy works are clearly Christian allegory, what else would you expect? Muslims have been the arch-enemy of Christendom for several centuries, and they still hold hatred for Christendom as they recently showed with their rampage of destruction in France.
So far, I have not heard any of these criticism leveled at the film per se. Most criticisms of the film I've heard so far is largely technical in nature. Thank goodness for that! Although it would be funny to see these politically-correct loud-mouths spew their nonsense and see the deaf hearing they'd most likely receive. Just like happened with their cries against Mel Gibson's film.
It can be quite comical at times at what many "academics" consider "racist" nowadays. My particular favorite is the condemnation of the supposed racist and sexist icon of Frosty the Snowman. You're seriously tempted to ask these people what are they smoking when they come up with this stuff.
So yeah go watch the film and enjoy it. Be glad of the fact that you're among the many other viewers who understand that the Chronicles are largely childrens' stories that contain a strong moral message. Just leave it to the academic morons to come up with all the nonsense.
posted by Perun at
10:13 AM
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