Westeros on Screen
House of the Dragon Returns to Form
With a virtually unaltered Game of Thrones opening theme and a lackluster first few episodes, I withheld expectations from House of the Dragon. Ramin Djawadi’s theme for the original series is likely the most recognizable new origins score…
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Glue that Holds ‘Game of Thrones’ Together: Masculinity and Eddard Stark
Typically, those who least resemble classical patriarchal manhood (however it’s defined) tend to fare better than the more typically patriarchal men.
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“Game of Thrones” Season Seven Might be its Best
“But after we’ve won and there’s no one left to oppose us, when people are living peacefully in the world she built, do you really think they’ll wring their hands over the way she built…
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The Tonal Change-up of “Game of Thrones” Season Six
Game of Thrones’s sixth season is the show’s bravest tonal departure since director Alan Taylor’s episodes in season two. As NPR’s critic Eric Deggans points out, “satisfaction” could very well be the season’s most coherent…
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An Eco-critical Approach to “Game of Thrones”
The very opening scene of HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” based on the fantasy series by George R.R. Martin, sets the stage for an ecocritical reading. Nameless characters, who appear to be in the North, scurry…
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Religion, Catholicism, and More in the Fifth Season of “Game of Thrones”
Religion has played an increasingly important role in each consecutive season of Game of Thrones—and in the show’s fifth season, it’s the glue that holds it all together.
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