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“Hi guys! First of all, I hope Jude’s surgery went smoothly and that he is recovering well. Secondly, during the last pod I heard a call for people to flay Brendan, so here is my opinion on his worst-ever take on this show. Apologies for the length of this review.
[Deep breath, begin playful rant] As a 40-year-old who enjoys both Harry Potter and the Middle-earth saga (amongst other series because reading is fun), I have to ask Brendan “¿por qué no los dos?!” (the Spanish was thrown in there specially for Josh). Brendan explained that he doesn’t like HP because it is for children and that he, as a then-13-year-old that supposedly read exclusively adult literature (weird flex, but OK) and who didn’t want to check out a book with an 11-year-old protagonist, only read LotR instead. However, the fact is that both series are juvenile fiction and so this argument that one is supposedly more adult than the other made absolutely no sense. If anything, the compulsion to act that way was in itself childish. I daresay the compulsion to continue acting that way now, as an adult, is even more so.
Yeah, maybe JK Rowling didn’t invent her own language like JRR Tolkien did, but both series have very rich world-building, extensive lore, layered storytelling and characters that mature with the reader, which is what made both of them so phenomenal. Everyone I know who read the books and/or watched the movies for one series also did the same for the other, so I’m not sure where Brendan got the impression that there were sides drawn up over this.
JKR uses a lot of the same clue/Easter egg-hiding techniques that AC Doyle does in his literature - is Sherlock Holmes only for children now? Is CS Lewis OK because he and JRRT were friends? Am I allowed to enjoy Rick Riordan’s work, or do I have to read Hesiod to my children in the original Greek? Where does it end, Brendan? Where does it end?
Apologies to any listeners who only recently subscribed and have no idea what the frick (sorry for the language, Class of ‘Seventy-whatever) I was going on about - this was a topic that came up last June. I’m sure Brendan has other, more recent, bad takes out there, like how a record-setting fan-favourite has to risk his draft position and what few years he has as an NFL running back over a meaningless mid-tier bowl game because Brian lives rent-free in our (and I assume also Bearcats fans') heads for some reason. Who am I to decide? But the Harry Potter one was definitely egregious. [end playful rant]
In all seriousness, I do appreciate all of you guys’ takes; even when I don’t fully agree with them, they are almost always pretty insightful and good food for thought. And I appreciate so much more about this extremely professional show - whether it is Josh explaining (correctly) why Michigan’s bigotry is solely responsible for all that is currently going wrong with college football, Brendan boosting my confidence heading into a game when he breaks down just how much the other team is hot trash, Jude casually dropping Les Mis references, or just the random tangents you all travel down, it is a fun listen. And as a dad myself (I have a 1-year-old whom I'll sometimes let listen to parts of the show with me and a 3-year-old whom I definitely do not), I especially relish the dad stories.
OK, the real real reason you are the best is that you acknowledge how awesome our fencing team is. I know it, you know it, we all know it, but it’s just so darn nice to hear out loud every now and then - thanks for that! Go Irish!”Read full review »
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