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September 03, 2000 at 22:37:45This week's article at Suite101's Tolkien and Middle-earth topic looks at how entertainers in Middle-earth may have had to follow in Elvish footsteps.
Why are there so few professional entertainers in Tolkien's stories? Without the benefit of newspapers and printing presses, Middle-earth would depend largely on minstrels and bards to carry its news and preserve its folklore, but most of the singing is handled by amateurs. Did the Elves once serve a function that men couldn't fulfill?
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