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How ‘Lord of the Rings’ Shaped a Hopeless Generation

Two decades ago, our blind optimism dissolved as the real world fell into war. ‘Lord of the Rings’ became the ultimate millennial comfort viewing: a fantasy world in which the good guys actually win

Was Gandalf Smoking Marijuana in ‘The Lord of the Rings’?

For all we know, the dude wasn’t even a wizard — just high as the tower of Isengard