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I’m kinda curious who these are supposed to be for. Like are there a bunch of progressive people who would just loooove to read James Bond, the sexist alcoholic
by hardwaregeek 4y ago
I’m kinda curious who these are supposed to be for. Like are there a bunch of progressive people who would just loooove to read James Bond, the sexist alcoholic murderer, but he’s just too racist for them? With children’s books I can kinda see the rationale but with James Bond? Just seems like a desperate ploy to sell more copies that nobody actually wants.
- throwuwu 4y ago“Connery” said it best: anal bum covers i.e. they’re just covering their asses.
- OscarCunningham 4y agoI think it's reputation management. If they reduce the proportion of people reading the old racist versions, then there's less chance of a reader making a snarky tweet that goes viral and instills in society the idea that Bond is racist. This is in spite of the fact that each individual customer would choose the unsanitized version for themselves.
- acdha 4y agoI think your last sentence is it: they have a franchise which was quite valuable in the past but has been ebbing, and some suit at the publishing house really wants to believe that the problem is some word choices rather than that most people who want to read a novel old enough to retire already have a copy.