I don’t know what will happen if it becomes clear in this high-stakes literary debate that Gollum is neither good nor bad, or both, but I do hope that the trial will be filmed and screened throughout the world. To settle the question, the judge has summoned a group of expert witnesses, including Tolkien scholars and psychologists, to testify to Gollum’s goodness or badness. In February, 2016, a Turkish physician will stand trial for comparing President Erdogan to Gollum if the comparison is found to be an insult, the defendant will be jailed. So-called real life can be much weirder than fantasy fiction, and nothing is stranger than the spectacle of powerful tyrants afraid of fictional characters.
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