Kevin Winker · @kevinwinker
63 followers · 59 posts · Server ecoevo.socialIt's no surprise that society's most recent example of #Bowdlerization is getting major blowback, but this is a particularly eloquent response:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/fuck-you-you-fat-headed-roald-dahl-censoring-fuckers
Patrick Wallace · @for4four
26 followers · 279 posts · Server hachyderm.io#History is repeating itself. This time, however, it's Germany that's full of #quislings, while Rould Dohl's British publisher has reinvented #Bowdlerization.
#history #quislings #bowdlerization
Dallman Ross · @spamless
290 followers · 2294 posts · Server mastodon.socialOpinion | Why it’s wrong to rewrite Roald Dahl’s children’s #books - The Washington Post
[Article unpaywalled via my subscription]
https://wapo.st/3Y3WSnM
Maria Bustillos · @maria
1759 followers · 1188 posts · Server thelife.boats
On the bowdlerization of Roald Dahl
https://popula.com/2023/02/20/leave-roald-dahl-be-for-inclusions-sake/
#bookstodon #literature #fiction #publishing #books #censorship #bowdlerization #culture
#culture #bowdlerization #censorship #books #publishing #fiction #literature #bookstodon
petersuber · @petersuber
3570 followers · 540 posts · Server fediscience.orgRoald #Dahl's heirs must have consented to this #bowdlerization of his work.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/18/roald-dahl-books-rewritten-to-remove-language-deemed-offensive
#Copyright law now allows copyrights to passed to heirs, who might mangle or restrict access to the author's work.
But tho I often criticize copyright law, I don't blame it for this travesty.
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#copyright #bowdlerization #dahl
Joseph H. Vilas · @jhv
242 followers · 8455 posts · Server triangletoot.partyAnyone want to fill me in on the Roald Dahl antisemitism accusations? Off the top of my head, I can't even remember how long he's been dead. #RoaldDahl #antisemitism #literature #fiction #English #Bowdlerization
#bowdlerization #english #fiction #literature #antisemitism #roalddahl
Joseph H. Vilas · @jhv
240 followers · 8402 posts · Server triangletoot.partyWhat is this horse shit? https://www.thedailybeast.com/roald-dahls-books-rewritten-to-remove-words-like-ugly-and-fat #English #writing #literature #Bowdlerization #RoaldDahl #censorship
#censorship #roalddahl #bowdlerization #literature #writing #english