How come Snow White was so reviled by "J.R.R Tolkien and C.S Lewis"?

Olorgando said:

A-hem!
Plenty of classical composers, conductors, and musicians would beg to differ - as would I.
They might be forgotten at roughly the same time that JRRT might be ...

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"A-hem." What a pleasant entrance into a difference of opinion. I like it.

Differing is a good thing, and need not be begged for. It would be horrible if we all agreed on everything. Nothing would progress.

I certainly know you're right...along with many others who agree with you. The group had and will continue to have an important and lasting presence in history.

And I would venture to say, their memory may even outlast JRRT, as they brought with them a literal 'revolution' on many levels, taking on the present and looking into the future, while JRRT's work was a monument to the existing - to mythology and to fantasy - and (dare I say) to the past.

As for me, if you don't mind, I would like to maintain my opinion...I'm comfortable with it. There are many reasons why I think so, those reasons irrelevant to many folks other than me. They're simply mine.

You are most welcome to hold your opinion.
Frankly, I'm VERY glad you do, because I suspect it's based on some sound and solid reasoning, good thinking, and resultant conclusions.

Many, if not most, don't know what their opinion is until they're told what it should be by others.

I also suspect you are in the big (if not vast) majority.
I also respect it. I just can't join it. ( or depending on one's point of view.)

Well-aged Enting said:

I also respect it. I just can't join it. ( or depending on one's point of view.)

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Lemme guess: you're a Rolling Stones fan! 🤯

Sorry, I just couldn't resist ... 😬

I'm a fan of both ... and The Who ... and The Kinks ... and The Yardbirds ... and a ton of stuff from the mid-60's to the mid-70's ...

Olorgando said:

Lemme guess: you're a Rolling Stones fan! 🤯

Sorry, I just couldn't resist ... 😬

I'm a fan of both ... and The Who ... and The Kinks ... and The Yardbirds ... and a ton of stuff from the mid-60's to the mid-70's ...

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I know, I know... "resistance is futile" and all that. 😁

But... no. The 60s and 70s were 'my days' though I was both fond of and saddened by much that preceeded them, and much that came after. And yet... and yet.... well.... "silence is golden."

I'm just a glorified tree, after all....

Well-aged Enting said:

But... no. The 60s and 70s were 'my days' though I was both fond of and saddened by much that preceded them, and much that came after.

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We're OT anyway, not surprising when I post ...
In the "came after" section I comment on three of the directly following music genres:

Punk -
Rap - 🤢
Techno 🤮

Squint-eyed Southerner said:

The idea of a Disney Lord of the Rings is intriguing, even though we know what Tolkien would think.

As a fan of film noir, I've always been fond of the Warner Brothers classic.
Admittedly, a few liberties were taken, but we're used to that. 😉

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Why am I just now seeing Peter Lorre as Gollum?

Mr.Underhill said:

J.R.R Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Bonded Over Hating Disney's Snow White

Authors C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien both disliked Walt Disney's animated films, specifically 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.'

www.insidehook.com

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Interesting quote from that article:

But their complaints went beyond plot points. Letters written by both men indicate that they both found Walt Disney himself to be a crass profit-seeker who distorted folklore for mass consumption.

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Say, who does that remind me of? 🤔