“Blanket statement: I don't like realism. Or, to be more specific, I hate the haggard notion that art must always strive for so-called truth. Often, the best literature, film, and music has little or no grounding in actuality, instead constructing elaborate, fantastical worlds that may or may not have some loose allegorical underpinning. Tolkien insisted that *Lord of the Rings* wasn't about World ”
