Aslan Is Someone, Not Something.
Video from Riley Blanton
Aslan Is Someone, Not Something.
"The Narnia discourse is fixating on the wrong thing... The casting isn't the problem. What they did to Aslan is. The reactionaries immediately focused on Meryl Streep... But the real problem is more fundamental: when you turn Aslan from a someone into a something, you've lost the cornerstone of C.S. Lewis' greatest work.
Last week's video: • They’re Rewriting Narnia. It’s Not an Acci...
Using philosopher Spencer Klavan's framework on contingency and necessity in adaptation. (and a Star Wars sequel detour)
Spencer's Piece: https://thenewjerusalem.substack.com/...
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Suggested Chapters:
00:00 — The Perversion of Aslan
01:21 — Contingency VS Necessity
02:38 — Who is Aslan Really?
03:30 — C.S. Lewis and Digory
04:52 — The Jesus Thing
06:29 — Greta's Tashlan" from the video introduction
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