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> In Fantastic Mr Fox a description of tractors, saying that “the machines were both black”, has been cut. In the new Dahl world, it seems, neither machines nor
by koolba 4y ago
> In Fantastic Mr Fox a description of tractors, saying that “the machines were both black”, has been cut. In the new Dahl world, it seems, neither machines nor animals can be described with a colour.
And removing any reference to color … for tractors.
- mozman 4y agoThis is astounding, I look forward to the time where these types of changes revert back to common sense.
- phist_mcgee 4y agoYou're going to be waiting for a while then.
- bentley 4y agoLengthy copyright is a big part of the problem here. Another recent censorship kerfuffle was over Dr. Seuss—one of the books in question was published when my grandmother was in diapers, yet the copyright holders have exclusive control today, more than three decades since Seuss’s death, and will retain it for another full decade from now.
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- ZiiS 4y agoI bet this is much more becase red tractors are easier to convey in the inevitable cartoon adaption. Or the hope John Deere will pay for them to be green.
- jbaber 4y agoIt was made into a stop motion movie by Wes Anderson.
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