![]() ![]() Though these parallels are often simple, they are always grounded by clever insight and complex, well-crafted characters. The Discworld universe is beautifully complex, mirroring themes and events from literature and history, yet always functioning as a unique world with its own internal logic. Terry Pratchett, for those not in the know, is a prolific English author, best known for Discworld, his ongoing comedic fantasy series of novels. ![]() Hogfather is an adaption of a Terry Pratchett book of the same name. ![]() Teatime (Marc Warren) play in all this? Will Death ever get the hang of “Ho, ho, ho”? ![]() Will Susan save the Hogfather? What role does the creepy assassin Mr. Magic and mayhem abound, with the added bonus of a very thoughtful examination of the ways that belief eases our relationship to reality. As Death learns the true meaning of Hogswatch, Susan’s investigation takes her to the Unseen University, home of Discworld’s foremost wizards, and eventually to the Tooth Fairy’s castle. He decides to take up the Hogfather’s mantle, and “forbids” his slightly supernatural granddaughter Susan (Michelle Dockery) from looking into the Jolly Fat Man’s disappearance. Irregularities like humans, of which Death has become rather fond. He suspects foul play by the Auditors of Everything, who want to eradicate all irregularities from the universe. The Plot: When the Hogfather (Shend) goes missing on the night before Hogswatch (Discworld’s version of Christmas), Death (Ian Richardson) begins investigating. ![]()
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