Riley Beard

  Riley Beard  Professor Whaley  ENGL 3460 28 November 2023 She’s Your Fantasy Some of the most popular shows on television are adaptations of epic fantasy novels. Game of Thrones , House of the Dragon , and The Witcher bring in millions of viewers to their respective streaming services. Like any adaptation, these shows make changes from their source material. Some changes rile more feathers than others. Changes that appear to consistently upset audience members are changes of characters' race. These four shows all have something in common. They have either cast a black actor or actress to play a character who was white in the books or consistently disregarded black characters and used their suffering to further the storylines of white characters. “Morality (bondage and freedom), religion and the supernatural, and the human condition (healing and metamorphosis) have long been themes of African-American literature. The burgeoning presence of Blacks in Futuristic fiction...

  How do you feel about TV show adaptations changing the race of characters? Do you think the fantasy genre struggles more with diversity than other genres? Do you think community reactions influence your perception of characters whose race has been changed for the screen? What racial diversity would you like to see in new fantasy shows? Ultimately, do you feel like changing characters' races changes the way you view these shows? ( The Witcher, House of the Dragon, The Rings of Power )