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The Green Knight (2021)

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.
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Daniel Shaw
August 3, 2021
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Wait, Did 'The Green Knight' Need To Be That White?

High fantasy, especially that of the medieval persuasions, is a subgenre we don’t see much of, but when we do, we flock to the cinema. There’s just something so inciting about their blend of the ethereal and the rustic. In a sense, it creates a nostalgia for an era of storytelling before any of us.  So, I was more than elated when the announcement of The Green Knight came from A24. Not only because it promised the usual beauty you get with their pictures, but also a gritty and contemporary twist on chivalric romance? I mean yes, 1000 times yes! While rolling in my excitement, I also noticed the choices made with the cast. There seemed to be some purposeful choice to have POC actors. I mean Gawain himself is played by the awesome Dev Patel. But the realms and spaces brown people occupy are… kind of questionable. It isn’t a blink and you’d miss its scenario, but follows points on a checklist I'll dive into later. And personally, it opened a dialect about whether medieval fantasy has space for multi-ethnic portrayals. Would that lean into cultural appropriation? And even if it did, is that a bad thing? Check out the detailed "The Green Knight" review with cultural appropriation. Medieval fantasy has historically never been a safe space for POCs. Whether it’s for adults, like Hard to Be a God, or for children like Snow White, more often than not, the most luck we have in seeing ourselves is a side character who will surely be dead or evil. Although I’m just as frustrated as other BIPOC fans of the genre, in this particular case I can at least see the cogs that led us here. Medieval stands out from other fantasy subgenres in how based in history it is. Sure, something like Legend
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An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

Rating:R
Genre:Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Directed By:David Lowery
Written By:David Lowery
In Theaters:7/30/2021
Box Office:$18,887,953
Runtime:130 minutes
Studio:A24, Bron Studios, Sailor Bear, Ley Line Entertainment, Wild Atlantic Pictures

Cast


Director

David Lowery

Director

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Dev Patel

Gawain

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Alicia Vikander

Lady / Essel

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Joel Edgerton

Lord

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Sarita Choudhury

Mother

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Sean Harris

King

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Kate Dickie

Queen

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Barry Keoghan

Scavenger

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Erin Kellyman

Winifred

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Ralph Ineson

Green Knight

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Emilie Hetland

First Thief

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Anthony Morris

Second Thief