Chewbacca
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Be nothing left if they take all the incest out
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Yarrgh
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I heard it was wrote by some dodgy foreigners in the first place.
Is it true they’re renaming one of the books to the WOKE friendly giant?
Lobster Johnson
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Are they taking out that little brat who poisons his grandmother?
NilSatisOptimum
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NilSatisOptimum
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Same with nursery rhymes they have been rewritten since there inception to be more sanitized, its no wonder we cant poke kids up their ass to clean chimneys any more.
Enormous is a much more fun word for a writer of prose I would have thought. Given the age of the target audience I don't think moving these books with the times is such a terrible thing. At that age you are absorbing rather than critiquing what you read.Roal Dahl books to be edited to be less offensive.
'Fat' changed to 'enormous'
Oompa-Loompas now described as 'small people' instead of 'small men'
Amongst many other changes.
Roald Dahl’s Books Get Edited For Language Deemed Offensive; Words Like “Fat” & “Crazy” Removed
Roald Dahl's books are being rewritten to better reflect today's society using a more inclusive language.deadline.com
Alan Whittle
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Nah, that's now called "the wokey".
Alan Whittle
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Nah, he's now a Cabinet Minister.
Abertonian
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Can't wait for the first court case to deal with a thought crime.
I enjoyed his books as a kid, can't remember being fussed about the language he used as much as the ideas and imagination he had. Anyways, edit the books who cares, but the BFG's cloak can't be described as black - how is that a thing.
What t-shirt did you buy?
the one that has zero percent lightness
you mean the black one?
Shhh, they might be listening
I enjoyed his books as a kid, can't remember being fussed about the language he used as much as the ideas and imagination he had. Anyways, edit the books who cares, but the BFG's cloak can't be described as black - how is that a thing.
What t-shirt did you buy?
the one that has zero percent lightness
you mean the black one?
Shhh, they might be listening
Tbh, I'm not too big on old pieces of art or literature being altered. I think it's okay for works to speak to their time. In Roald Dahl's case this seems to have been a business decision to either have a more modern appeal or to simply attract attention to Roald Dahl books through the inevitable "cancel culture" media conversation that they knew would ensue. It's all so tedious
You missed taking of slaves and stoning of adulterers
I’m probably of the same opinion to be honest but I just hate the fact that the country is basically a skip fire and the pm feels the need to comment on this kind of stuff . I also get a little frustrated when everything is lumped together , there are certainly phrases or comments in various tv shows that feel wholly inappropriate now and I can understand why companies aren’t keen on showing it or at the very least issuing a warning but this has now become the equivalent of book burning .
It feels like apart from small boats The whole culture war debacle is all they’ve got so they constantly try and make it feel like it’s relevant. All a bit tiresome .
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This is the big problem. The rewording of Roald Dahl books doesn't matter, and the idea that these frauds are using this sort of trivial nonsense as a distraction from the very real, profound damage they are inflicting on the country every day is a galling thing for anyone who is able to see what they are very obviously doing
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