>>509111987 (OP)>Is Miyazaki correct in his assertion that the evil monsters in Lord of the Rings, or Alien, etc. are just metaphors for other races?He is projecting. It is kind of the true, but Tolkien would hate people being literal and reductive about it. Like he was concerned people would think dwarves are jewish. They aren't a specific people just like Gondorians and Rohirim aren't specific people. (for example, both Rohirim and the halflings seem saxon, but are different like night and day). Rather, the races represent premises for races, so do the evil races.
The Haradim are a subverted people. They aren't inherently evil, but picked the wrong side in this one.
The orcs are dysgenic. Whereas a healthy race has a heritage of beauty, they are people with a heritage of ugliness. Whereas a healthy race lives in harmony with nature, they assert themselves onto it with technology. In protecting the memory of what your parents told you is sacred, people like these will always be your foes.
He's totally right on Robinson Crusoe though, shit's colonialist as fuck.