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Have you guys heard about this? Apparently the publisher Puffin has hired sensitivity readers to rewrite chunks of the author’s text to make sure the books “can continue to be enjoyed by all today”, resulting in extensive changes across Dahl’s work. Edits have been made to descriptions of characters’ physical appearances. The word “fat” has been cut from every new edition of relevant books, while the word “ugly” has also been culled Unsurprisingly there's been some backlash, with one of the key issues relating to whether it's acceptable to retroactively change an author's words, with some even calling it outright censorship. What are your guys thoughts? My thoughts are that this is overblown and not a really big deal. Also, I think CaptainSarcastic is the best mod and I fully support him and his excellent modding. Somebody fucked around with this message at 02:27 on Feb 19, 2023 |
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no 1 curr
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 00:48 |
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Blizzard Bastard. EDIT: I mean Wizard Master.
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 00:55 |
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No I did not hear about this Cameronisgod
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 01:00 |
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Mark Twain's works are being re-released in a new "Nothing But The N-Words" edition
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 01:33 |
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while we're at it, I've always felt "Roald Dahl" was a little too foreign sounding for my tastes. maybe we could change it to, say, "Rod Dole?"
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 01:42 |
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Wow, that's really weak bait. I give this thread 1/10 Wizard Masters.
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 01:42 |
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Thank you for this update Wizard Master
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 01:44 |
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James and the Giant Peach Emoji
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 01:45 |
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Charlie and the Ate rear end Elevator
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 01:46 |
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Are they going to start changing plots as well? Is calling people gypsies and stealing pheasants and children driving cars in "Danny The Champion of the World" going to be outlawed?
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 01:52 |
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what about the nuclear bomb? how are we going to defuse the nuclear bomb now???
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 01:55 |
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Helen Bannerman better watch out
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 01:58 |
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who gives a poo poo lmao "someones making more books... BUT THEY'RE MAKING THEM WRONG!!!!" theres probably more roald dahl books than the population of britain before this so just buy one of those instead. idk why a non brit would want to read roald dahl but ok just buy one of the books from some kid that prefers to play "mind craft" and "let go bile nickel" alexandriao fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Feb 19, 2023 |
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id pay for a version of the harry potter books if the text was retroactively changed to make it clear which wizards are making GBS threads their pants and when. bonus points if u go into detail with the excrement
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 02:01 |
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Well, Penguin and Netflix already have to deal with the fact that Dahl was a total anti-Semite. The guy hated Jews with a passion.quote:During his lifetime, Dahl made openly anti-Semitic remarks on a number of occasions. Of course, akin to Henry Ford, his descendants are embarrassed and 100% apologetic about it and have to grapple with that aspect of his legacy. quote:It was those sorts of statements that caused the U.K.'s Royal Mint to nix a proposed Dahl coin in 2014 ahead of the 100th anniversary of Dahl's birth. He was "associated with antisemitism and not regarded as an author of the highest reputation," read the minutes of a commemorative coin subcommittee, The Guardian reported. Separating the art from the artist(s) is going to be even more significant as the centuries roll on.
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 02:22 |
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remember when ronald dahl did disco demolition on the radio in chiacgo
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 02:25 |
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W I Z A R D M A S T E R I Z A R D M A S T E R
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 02:26 |
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Agent Escalus posted:Well, Penguin and Netflix already have to deal with the fact that Dahl was a total anti-Semite. The guy hated Jews with a passion. Wow this guy woke up on the wrong side of the bed!!!
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 02:31 |
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maybe they should give him a better name while they’re at it
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 02:31 |
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what’s up with that Roald Dahl book where the guy tries to steal all the worlds semen or whatever
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 02:43 |
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Maybe we can use this and the Dr Seuss thing from awhile back to goad the Republicans into reverting copyright back to what it was in the early 70s.
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 02:46 |
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roald dahl wrote the most racist james bond movie
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 02:53 |
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All I want for Christmas is someone to destroy Wizard Master's computer with a hammer.
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 03:03 |
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I'll just stick to my original copy of James and the Giant Bitch, thanks.
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MrQwerty posted:W I Z A R D M A S T E R
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You're really on a roll, huh Chief?
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 03:11 |
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Books are for nerds and little kids who are so lame their parents won't buy them video games.
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syntaxfunction posted:Books are for nerds and little kids who are so lame their parents won't buy them video games.
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syntaxfunction posted:Books are for nerds and little kids who are so lame their parents won't buy them video games. I found a couple choose your own adventure books at a used book place so I picked em up for a coworkers 8 year old kid. They got me really into reading so I thought maybe it'd do the same. She said she had to force him to read one and he was really exasperated about it then a few minutes later came sprinting out to the living room yelling MOM I GET TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS!!!
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 03:22 |
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Beeftweeter posted:roald dahl wrote the most racist james bond movie He was also the basis for the character.
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 03:25 |
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Agent Escalus posted:Well, Penguin and Netflix already have to deal with the fact that Dahl was a total anti-Semite. The guy hated Jews with a passion. Those people are fuckin dead and you can just use your own brain to separate art from the artist, hth
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 03:34 |
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can't believe a man born 115 years ago was an anti semite, thats crazy
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 03:37 |
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I'm boycotting the Matilda Legacy video game.
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 03:40 |
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James and the giant woke peach
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 03:41 |
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I’d be okay if that Johnny Depp/Tim Burton Willy Wonka movie was erased from history permanently. What a fuckin’ dumb butt movie. And give us back a youthful Gene Wilder, while we’re at it.
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You Are A Elf posted:I’d be okay if that Johnny Depp/Tim Burton Willy Wonka movie was erased from history permanently. What a fuckin’ dumb butt movie.
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 03:58 |
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I was reading Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator to my kid a few years ago and kinda gave up because there was a part early on with a bunch of racist Chinese caricatures and all the lame rear end jokes that go along with making fun of Chinese names. I read it as a kid and didn’t remember any of that. If someone had edited that poo poo out at some point I would never have known it was missing and it would probably be a better book.
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# ? Feb 19, 2023 04:01 |
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Rhoald Dahl took his shot and he missed it. Straight up.
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i hope someone renames howard's cat
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