Roald Dahl's books to be edited.

[Bishop_Brennan]

Its a bit weird that a book with the word fat can be offensive enough to need re writing, but a book that uses coercive control to push its message like the bible does not get a mention.........follow the message or get hellfire and brimstone

Seems it's only childrens books that get this nonsense.

[Bishop_Brennan]

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64759118

Brilliant, and wait till you see, the sales will be OVERWHELMINGLY for the original titles, and they will give up on the woke versions.
And the little SS thugs that removed and rewrote sections will be fuming - talentless hacks, all they can do is destroy - never create.

[Setanta]

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64759118

Brilliant, and wait till you see, the sales will be OVERWHELMINGLY for the original titles, and they will give up on the woke versions.
And the little SS thugs that removed and rewrote sections will be fuming - talentless hacks, all they can do is destroy - never create.

A marketing scam,if ever I seen one

[knownunknown]

Cancel culture strikes again. That poor mega corporation Netflix who acquired the rights to his works in 2021 were surely just trying to advance the woke agenda; just make the world a better place for everyone, until the evil right wingers got the changes cancelled…..

[nlgbbbblth]

The dialogue from this would make a great ringtone.

[schmittel]

A marketing scam,if ever I seen one

It's totally brilliant.

[DeletedUser]

The dialogue from this would make a great ringtone.

To think we got away e we ish laughing at that!!!!!

We’d be in a reeducation camp before you can say “Owen Jones” these days lol!!!

[Bishop_Brennan]

To think we got away e we ish laughing at that!!!!!

We’d be in a reeducation camp before you can say “Owen Jones” these days lol!!!

It's still funny, not because he is calling them n*ggers/wogs etc, but because he thinks it's all fine and dandy... even in 1978 that's what we were laughing at...

[isha]

Anyhoo it seems that the self described "they/them" who edited the books is called Jo Ross-Barrett, whose profile at their most recent employer says - "Jo is an autistic, non-binary, asexual, polyamorous relationship anarchist."

Right so.

[Del.Monte]

Anyhoo it seems that the self described "they/them" who edited the books is called Jo Ross-Barrett, whose profile at their most recent employer says - "Jo is an autistic, non-binary, asexual, polyamorous relationship anarchist."

Right so.

Another one for the nut house - Ooops I'm not allowed to say that am I?

[isha]

No Del, you're not. They them can perfectly easily be asexual and polyamorous at the exact same time, thank you very much.

[Cyclepath]

Seems those with Roald Dahl books on their Kindles are getting a forced/automatic update to their libraries for fear they might be corrupted by the evil man.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roal ... -rm2622vl0

[kadman]

Well speaking of sensitivities...my lads always cracked up when they were small and heard this



Then Little Red Riding Hood said,
'But Grandma, what a lovely great big furry coat you have on.'

'That's wrong!' cried Wolf. 'Have you forgot
'To tell me what BIG TEETH I've got?
'Ah well, no matter what you say,
'I'm going to eat you anyway.
The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creature's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.
A few weeks later, in the wood,
I came across Miss Riding Hood.
But what a change! No cloak of red,
No silly hood upon her head.
She said, 'Hello, and do please note
'My lovely furry WOLFSKIN COAT.'


The end

[kadman]

Seems those with Roald Dahl books on their Kindles are getting a forced/automatic update to their libraries for fear they might be corrupted by the evil man.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roal ... -rm2622vl0

Mindnumbing stuff, when we are in fear of the written word. Sticks and stones and all that. Why not just burn them and remove them from existence...

[Hairy-Joe]

Sure didn't they try to get Blazing Saddles banned/edited/etc as it was racist, etc. The whole story simply passed them by when the whole film was a giant showing of racism, homophobia, etc.

[knownunknown]

Sure didn't they try to get Blazing Saddles banned/edited/etc as it was racist, etc. The whole story simply passed them by when the whole film was a giant showing of racism, homophobia, etc.

It was a satire of racism. It skewered the idea of racism.

[Hairy-Joe]

It was a satire of racism. It skewered the idea of racism.

Thanks. I couldn't think of the word "satire"

[Bishop_Brennan]

Anyhoo it seems that the self described "they/them" who edited the books is called Jo Ross-Barrett, whose profile at their most recent employer says - "Jo is an autistic, non-binary, asexual, polyamorous relationship anarchist."

Right so.

Jo is a mentally unstable lunatic that would have been sectioned in more sane times, but due to societies pandering and enabling of this behaviour they can further delve and wallow in their lunacy.

[678904673]

"Jo is an autistic, non-binary, asexual, polyamorous relationship anarchist." My head actually hurts after reading that description

[DeletedUser]

"Jo is an autistic, non-binary, asexual, polyamorous relationship anarchist." My head actually hurts after reading that description

How can you be asexual and polyamorous???

[isha]

How can you be asexual and polyamorous???

Cheer on orgies from the couch?

[DeletedUser]

Cheer on orgies from the couch?

That might be it!!!!!

[jmayo]

Well speaking of sensitivities...my lads always cracked up when they were small and heard this



Then Little Red Riding Hood said,
'But Grandma, what a lovely great big furry coat you have on.'

'That's wrong!' cried Wolf. 'Have you forgot
'To tell me what BIG TEETH I've got?
'Ah well, no matter what you say,
'I'm going to eat you anyway.
The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creature's head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.
A few weeks later, in the wood,
I came across Miss Riding Hood.
But what a change! No cloak of red,
No silly hood upon her head.
She said, 'Hello, and do please note
'My lovely furry WOLFSKIN COAT.'


The end

You forgot the deal she did with the piglets

[Bishop_Brennan]

I was in a bookshop today and saw the witches had been edited already - published in 2022.

There was a text in the inside cover said something like "words matter and we continually review the text to make sure it can be enjoyed by all"


Terrifying

1. Who gets to decide what's acceptable and what's not ? - Well why a talentless failed author who will get their "fame" by destroying others work.

2 when does this become so changed its unrecognisable as Dahls work ....?


So no sign of the original editions ....