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[_] roald dahl books have been rewritten Anon 3492738
>> [_] Anon 3492775 >># what is the significance of this development?
>> [_] Anon 3492778 >># that wymin and minorities stronk or some shit like that I dunno I've never read those books
>> [_] Anon 3492808 >># from various articles: ThecharacterAugustusGloopinCharlieandthe ChocolateFactoryisnolongercalled"fat."Ins teadheisdescribedas"enormous,"Insteadofbe ingcalled"smallmen,"Oompa-Loompasarenow"s mallpeople,".Inhis1983bookTheWitches,hewr itesthatwitchesarebaldbeneaththeirwigs.An addedlineinneweditionssays,"Thereareplent yofotherreasonswhywomenmightwearwigsandth ereiscertainlynothingwrongwiththat."Mr.Tw it,acharacterfromTheTwitsisdescribedasjus t“beastly”insteadof“uglyandbeastly”.InJam esandtheGiantPeach,Puffin,partofglobalboo ksgiantPenguinRandomHouse,haschangedthech aracterofMissSpongesosheisnolongerdescrib edas“thefatone,”MissSpider’sheadisnolonge r“black”,andtheEarthwormhasgivenupits“lov elyPink”skinfor“lovelysmoothskin.”Another passagefromTheWitchesthatoriginallydescri beda“fatlittlebrownmouse”hasbeenchangedto “littlebrownmouse” and a section that used to be, “‘Here’s your little boy,’ she said. ‘He needs to go on a diet’,” has been altered to read simply: “Here’s your little boy,” In Matilda, the description of Mrs Trunchbull’s “great horsey face” has been changed to just “face,” and “eight nutty little idiots” now reads “eight nutty little boys”.
>> [_] Anon 3492809 >># in James and the Giant Peach, the Cloud-Men are now Cloud-People. A notice that sits at the bottom of the copyright page of Dahl's latest written editions reads: “The wonderful words of Roald Dahl can transport you to different worlds and introduce you to the most marvellous characters. This book was written many years ago, and so we regularly review the language to ensure that it can continue to be enjoyed by all today”. The Roald Dahl Story Company, which owns the works, has defended the decision, concluding that “it’s not unusual to review the language” used in stories of the past and that the changes were “small and carefully considered”. “We want to ensure Roald Dahl’s wonderful stories and characters continue to be enjoyed by all children today,” Political correctness, just like in orwell's 1984 wants to rewrite history to suck the fun out of life like vampires. A world where it was always woke
>> [_] Anon 3492816 >># >># >Political correctness Nah, it's not even that. Literally no one asked for these changes. It's that no one gives a fuck about Roald Dahl anymore, so they're trying to drum up controversy to sell copies. >just like in orwell's 1984 wants to rewrite history to suck the fun out of life like vampires. A world where it was always woke You need to read a book. Any book. You're retarded.
>> [_] Anon 3492817 >># Politically Correct: "Someone who is politically correct believes that language and actions that could be offensive to others, especially those relating to sex, gender, and race, should be avoided." It's the definition of politically correct to change "female" to "woman" to be inclusive, remove the word "ugly" and "horsey face", change "men" to "people", remove "fat", remove "idiot" and remove references to colours. I remember this politically correct shit even at school I wrote a story which said "Shut up" in it and it was corrected by the teacher to "be quiet". Doesn't have the same impact. The new "copies" again will have the fun sucked dry out of them and if they keep getting rewritten the original purpose of the piece of art is lost. Matilda being a classic for the corrupt used-car saleman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofaa5SlO Eyg >You're retarded. You don't think the wokism/political correctness doesn't want to rewrite history so it's always been the woke version? Think again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogarth_Sh akespeare
>> [_] Anon 3492818 >># You should consider a hobby.