Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 19:38     Subject: Re:The censorship of Roald Dahl
I don't understand why the oompa loompas need to be gender neutral. What's wrong with calling them men? Is this offensive?
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 19:34     Subject: Re:The censorship of Roald Dahl
Fat = Fat
Ridiculous that the term can't be used.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 19:33     Subject: The censorship of Roald Dahl
Anonymous wrote:My favorite author changed something in a book they wrote about years ago. I’ve read the book so many times that I noticed it when I borrowed an ebook version instead of reading my physical copy.

The edit removes something that some would see as culturally insensitive. Doesn’t change the story at all. I’m glad they made the change. The scene always struck me as odd.



Name the book.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 19:32     Subject: The censorship of Roald Dahl
Anonymous wrote:Just so you know, some conservative Christians are making this into a huge thing.

Lots of works get updates to appeal to a new audience and the norms of the day. The fact is most people don’t even notice.


Is this a bad thing? What does it matter?
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 19:32     Subject: The censorship of Roald Dahl
Anonymous wrote:My favorite author changed something in a book they wrote about years ago. I’ve read the book so many times that I noticed it when I borrowed an ebook version instead of reading my physical copy.

The edit removes something that some would see as culturally insensitive. Doesn’t change the story at all. I’m glad they made the change. The scene always struck me as odd.



What was the book?
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 19:31     Subject: The censorship of Roald Dahl
Anonymous wrote:Just so you know, some conservative Christians are making this into a huge thing.

Lots of works get updates to appeal to a new audience and the norms of the day. The fact is most people don’t even notice.


No, I didn't realize that novels regularly get rewritten to conform to 'the norms of the day'. They removed and rewrote quite a bit of text. And you do know Salman Rushdie isn't a Christian, right? Stop trying to normalize this by making it seem like a fringe, far-right concern.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 19:20     Subject: Re:The censorship of Roald Dahl
It's like they are writing the stump speech for GOP candidates. This is just feeding into their platforms against "woke liberals" and I understand why too. Why does "fat" need to be changed to "enormous"?
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 19:17     Subject: The censorship of Roald Dahl
My favorite author changed something in a book they wrote about years ago. I’ve read the book so many times that I noticed it when I borrowed an ebook version instead of reading my physical copy.

The edit removes something that some would see as culturally insensitive. Doesn’t change the story at all. I’m glad they made the change. The scene always struck me as odd.

Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 19:14     Subject: The censorship of Roald Dahl
Just so you know, some conservative Christians are making this into a huge thing.

Lots of works get updates to appeal to a new audience and the norms of the day. The fact is most people don’t even notice.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 18:27     Subject: Re:The censorship of Roald Dahl
I'm also with Rushdie.

Keep the language - learn from the past - don't censor it.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 16:38     Subject: Re:The censorship of Roald Dahl
Farenheit 451 will be rewritten as a nice little story about keeping warm.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 16:27     Subject: The censorship of Roald Dahl
Next they'll be censoring the Bible to remove references to gender.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 16:06     Subject: Re:The censorship of Roald Dahl
I'm with Salman Rushdie on this, and I find this concerning. The edits were allegedly begun before the rights were acquired by Netflix, but I assume these changes are profit-motivated. I wonder what books will be on the chopping block next?
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 15:55     Subject: The censorship of Roald Dahl
This Salon article says the Oompa Loompas are now gender neutral. They're also censoring the word female in all his books.

https://www.salon.com/2023/02/18/roald-dahls-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-rewritten-to-include-gender-neutral-oompa-loompas/

Anonymous
Post 02/19/2023 15:26     Subject: The censorship of Roald Dahl
Did anyone catch this in the news? Puffin is censoring Roald Dahl's books:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/critics-reject-roald-dahl-books-censorship-97322797

I am both shocked and not shocked.