TheLord Of The Ringstrilogy, despite having been published in 1955, achieved this.
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The authorial intention behind these stories is not necessarily reflected in these interpretations.
Tom Hanks and writer/director Robert Zemeckis sawForrest Gumpas apolitical, the story of an innocent in a cynical world.
However, the general reception of fiction and its authors intentions dont always go hand in hand.
There is enough to latch onto to deem it problematic, but its always been denied by Bird.
