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-And 'I dont want to be here'. And a cast of actors marginalised by gender, race, etc, either have to spoonfeed, cheerlead, die for or get leapfrogged by a white guy.

It pretty rare to get a 'I wanted this, was certain that, even giving it my all, I couldn't do it, and I need you to get that'.
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For me, its the line from the 1st trailer "This might be very hard for you to understand, but some people are not good at things".

Spectrum of 'unlikely dude saves world' movies goes between 'I'm too cool to take this seriously', 'I've always wanted to do this so the world has to bend to that end'-
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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“Where might I have gone if, instead of a middle-aged Hobbit enamored of his pantry, I had embraced a girl who lost three homes before choosing the open road?”

@amalelmohtar.com on discovering Naomi Mitchison’s TRAVEL LIGHT – via @npr.org
#kidlit #fantasy
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www.npr.org/2014/01/01/2...
Crossroads And Coins: Naomi Mitchison's 'Travel Light'
Travel Light is an unjustly forgotten fairy tale about a wandering princess who goes from bears and dragons to the real world of medieval Constantinople — and back again. Writer Amal El-Mohtar says sh...
www.npr.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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October 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM