This week, I talk about Tolkien’s essay On Fairy Stories, and why some of today’s relentlessly dark entertainment fails to measure up.
- Is escapism a fool’s errand?
- The bleakness of Game of Thrones and The Last of Us Part 2
- The jail cell of materialism
- The eucatastrophe
- The fairy tale that is actually real
Article Link: “In The Age of Trump, Escapist Entertainment Has Become An Impossibility”
Photo credit: Christopher Clark Art
