{"id":3313,"date":"2002-12-23T12:28:09","date_gmt":"2002-12-23T17:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2014-06-13T17:11:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T23:11:31","slug":"loading_on_the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/12\/23\/loading_on_the.html","title":{"rendered":"Loading on the Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why, look:  more <a title=\"Mean Mr. Mustard Archives\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meanmrmustard.net\/archives\/000517.html#000517\">nitwitted <i>LotR <\/i>deconstructionist reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spleenville.com\/blog\/archives\/000639.html\">Andrea<\/a>, who adds her own nicely-done commentary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spleenville.com\/blog\/archives\/000633.html\">here<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>UPDATE:  Andrea <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spleenville.com\/blog\/archives\/000632.html\">cites<\/a>, and deconstructs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/article\/0,,482-517489,00.html\">another<\/a>.  Don&#8217;t these guys have anything better to do than natter about <i>Lord of the Rings<\/i>?  Badly?<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why, look: more nitwitted LotR deconstructionist reviews. (via Andrea, who adds her own nicely-done commentary here) UPDATE: Andrea cites, and deconstructs, another. 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