I was aghast when I read a report that Peter Dinklage will be replaced as Tyrion Lannister in the upcoming season 4 of the critically acclaimed TV series "Game of Thrones." The producers reportedly want to transform Tyrion from the fastidiously cunning, intelligent and witty master manipulator of the House of Lannister to something funny. FUNNY? Whaaaaat!!!!! So the producers wanted a comical Tyrion, typically stereotypical of little persons who are most often, if portrayed in movies and tv shows, cast in a farcical light. Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister is actually a departure, and a good one at that, from the usual buffonic representation of little persons. And frankly, why would they want Tyrion to be portrayed in a funnier light? Game of Thrones is a dark, gloomy show that encapsulates the perennial human tendency to seek power for powers sake, to gratify that most banal of human frailties, wealth, sex and the indulging of our hedonistic inclinations. Such human characteristics is best captured, modulated, regulated and I say, masterfully directed and re-directed by Tyrion Lannister as portrayed by Peter Dinklage into something that harks at our subliminal desires. This is finesse and if it were a food, Peter's Tyrion is like chocolate souffle, you want more of it regardless of the calories it adds!
In this light, Warwick Davis, a comedian, will take Peter's place as Tyrion Lannister. Honestly, I am not too excited by the producers decision, and hopefully, Warwick will handle Tyrion in an intelligently funny, crafty and most of all, subtly dark way. Otherwise, Tyrion will just be another clown misplaced in a show obstinately dark and brutish. Anyway, let's say if the comical intent of the producers in the re-casted Tyrion Lannister will be comically relevant to the plot of season 4 or merely an irritating distraction to an otherwise beloved character - or is this the producers' way of killing off Tyrion throughout the season 4. Damn.
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