![]() In taking up the mantle, House of the Dragon showrunners Miguel Sapochnik and Ryan Condal promised that they would not fall back into the mistakes of the past. ![]() The sheer mass of this audience exacerbates controversy, leading, for example, the cast of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (directed by Peter Jackson, released in theaters between 20) to stand in solidarity with their Afrodescendant and Latino colleagues in The Rings of Power, which have been the victims of countless racist attacks on social media since the first episode aired on September 8.Īs for House of the Dragon, it is the successor to the more recent series Game of Thrones (2011-2019), which in its own time, faced many challenges, to the point of seriously changing directions as the seasons progressed - retracting, for example, the "sexplanation" sequences throughout which male characters perused the meaning of their quest in the company of naked women (reciprocal scenes remaining an exception). The controversy doesn't stop viewers, however, from flocking by the millions to HBO Max (OCS in France) or Prime Video, to discover a new episode each week. Lire en françaisĮach in their own way, the two blockbuster series of the moment - House of the Dragon and The Rings of Power - find themselves caught up in debates about gender and community representation. Published on Octoat 02h29, updated at 02h29 on OctoTime to 3 min. TV break: Rings, dragons, gender and race ColumnĬontroversies surrounding the two hit series of the moment are a reflection of the persistent influence of the European Middle Ages on Hollywood studios executives imagination. ![]()
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