Excalibur is not a thing, something you can hold in your hand.
Excalibur is the good in you.
The power to do good, to stand up for what's right, to slay dragons, to capture bank robbers.
You always carry Excalibur in your heart.


Robert Tinnell, Kids of the Round Table (1995)

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Narayanan on The Green Knight

 From a recent issue of Arthuriana:

Narayanan, Tirumular (Drew). "'Why is He Indian?': Missed Opportunities for Discussing Race in David Lowery's The Green Knight (2021)." Arthuriana, vol. 33 no. 3, Fall 2023, p. 36-59. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/art.2023.a910870.

Abstract:

This article explores the depiction of Gawain in The Green Knight (2021). Despite having cast Dev Patel in the starring role, the film avoids any substantive discussion of race in Camelot. By trading in optical diversity alone, it deploys BIPOC bodies without ever telling their stories. (TDN)


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