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Thanks, Dev Patel! I Can't Believe How Well This 14th-Century Poem Is Going Over on Screen

Thanks, Dev Patel! I Can't Believe How Well This 14th-Century Poem Is Going Over on Screen

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Is Thirsty and Delightful

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Caitlin Cowan
Aug 10, 2021
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It’s gorgeous. It’s baroque. And yes, it’s very, very horny. Everything you’ve heard about The Green Knight is true, and I command you to go see this weird and wonderful adaptation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight IF ONLY because there’s a talking fox.

A talking. FOX.

New posters for The Green Knight suggest the fox is a main character > NAG

Get into it.

The Green Knight is based on the 14th-century Middle English poem

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