Tolkien and Parody - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 09-02-2004, 07:03 AM

Maybe another problem is that the parodist is making money out of someone elses' work. Yes, Gulliver's Travels was a satire, but not on any particular author's work, & it wasn't sold on the back of anyone else's hard work. The difference between ARRR Robert's (& Peter Jackson's) work & Terry Pratchett's is that Pratchett's work may satirise some of Tolkien's themes & characters but it doesn't ride on the back of Tolkien's work.

09-02-2004, 07:03 AM	#12
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Maybe another problem is that the parodist is making money out of someone elses' work. Yes, Gulliver's Travels was a satire, but not on any particular author's work, & it wasn't sold on the back of anyone else's hard work. The difference between ARRR Robert's (& Peter Jackson's) work & Terry Pratchett's is that Pratchett's work may satirise some of Tolkien's themes & characters but it doesn't ride on the back of Tolkien's work. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."