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A scatterplot depicts major characters from Lord of the Rings plotted by number of mentions in the books (x axis) and screen time in the films (y axis). A trendline reveals that Arwen, Theoden, Legolas & Aragon are over-represented in the movies. While Sam, Gimli, Denethor and others are under-represented.

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A scatterplot depicts major characters from Lord of the Rings plotted by number of mentions in the books (x axis) and screen time in the films (y axis). A trendline reveals that Arwen, Theoden, Legolas & Aragon are over-represented in the movies. While Sam, Gimli, Denethor and others are under-represented.
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Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Sep-2024 01:21:37 JST Information Is Beautiful

Lord of the Rings characters: screen time vs mentions in the book.
The further from the dotted line, the further off trend.
By reddit user austinw-8 https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/s/Dw7XqDxyEB

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