A Tolkienian Petition

 So, thanks to JC for the link to news about a petition asking Amazon Studios not to give their forthcoming Tolkien series the Game of Thrones treatment, with intimacy counselors and the like. 

https://wng.org/roundups/fans-beg-amazon-to-keep-middle-earth-clean-1625606930

Given that this pits 50,000 fans against $250,000,000 dollars, I'd call that Quixotic.

 What's more interesting is that the journalist who wrote this piece, Collin Garbaring, clearly put some time in, down to researching the correct titles of papers from the recent Tolkien Society's seminar, and even seems to have watched some of the audience chat and Q&A from that event. He knows who Shippey is, and his significance, and located a credible Inklings scholar (Louis Markos) for a relevant quote. 

For the curious, here's what seems to be the original petition, or two versions thereof, or perhaps two similar petitions, with widely divergent numbers given for sign-ees:

https://www.change.org/p/amazon-prime-keep-nudity-out-of-amazons-lotr-series

https://www.change.org/p/j-r-r-tolkien-estate-amazon-s-middle-earth-is-not-tolkien-s-middle-earth?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=ff04e750-13d6-11e7-95e6-51e1faa18770

--John R.

--current reading: Lindop's THE THIRD INKLING

--current viewing: THE ROOK