I'm sure the Game of Thrones fans have already watched the latest episode of the hit show on HBO. The show has gone into quite some controversy lately, what with all the gore displayed on screen, and the
violence against women, and a number of other controversial issues. But last weekend's installment of the epic story provided yet another piece of
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Hey now, ain't nothing wrong with soap operas. ;)
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"It's violence against women!" "No, it's celebrating alternate forms of sexuality!" "No it's promoting abuse!" "It's masochism!" "It's allegorical!" "It's a stand-in for the viewers themselves!" "Ooo Eerr -- buttocks!"
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I never read the books myself, but the producers are changing things as the series is progressing, which is certainly keeping the book readers on their toes now. For example,. the series had a rape scene between Ramsey Bolton and his newlywed bride, Sansa Stark is different in the books. It was a pretty rough scene (in fact the actor who plays Ramsey Bolton, Iwan Rheon, has said in interviews, the role really challenges his comfort zone, and he has a hard time with it.
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Frankly, an eventual novelization of the series might end up being a better novel than the source material.
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But I really like the big scope of Game of Thrones, its sort of like Der Ring des Nibelungen for me.
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