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Yeah to me there's something sinister about the notion there will be a time when someone just assumes that's what Dahl wrote. It's sad. Did anyone even ask for
by libraryatnight 4y ago
Yeah to me there's something sinister about the notion there will be a time when someone just assumes that's what Dahl wrote. It's sad. Did anyone even ask for this? I can't imagine there was any backlash to Dahl sufficiently meaningful that it couldn't have dealt with simply by ignoring it.
- mattbee 4y agoYou don't have to imagine, you can read in Dahl's autobiography that's nonsense. Pressure from NAACP jeopardised the production of the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, which turned into the first plank of his international legacy. Dahl was glad to change the book so the movie would get made.
- libraryatnight 4y agoChanges Dahl was around to agree to rank differently in my mind than posthumous edits. Ethical and artistic questions aside, at a certain point we get to a Ship of Theseus conundrum, which opens all kinds of additional questions.