Even among secular media watchers, HBO’s Game of Thrones has
its mild detractors. Among Catholics, debate about the ethics of—and
the ethics of watching—the show can get heated. I’ve seen multiple
social media dumps on articles about the series: articles critiquing its
violence, articles praising its realism, articles slamming its sixth
commandment shenanigans, articles noting the limited virtue of various
characters.
What I haven’t seen is the series itself; and I don’t plan to see
it. I don’t plan to see it because, of all the articles I’ve read on Game of Thrones,
not one has made a case for the series that convinces me it’s worth my
time’s investment. I’m not saying a convincing case for the series couldn’t be made. But the arguments I’ve read for GoT so far have been unconvincing: for none of them ask the right question.
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