Rob Palk @robpalkwriter ●●● I think the problem with the change kids books when societal norms change argument is that Roald Dahl wasn't usually displaying unconscious bias etc. He was being a c--- on purpose and we should respect that 8:19 AM Feb 18, 2023 161.8K Views

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r/ u/dougrayd 8h Roald Dahl children's books rewritten to delete references to 'fat' and 'ugly' characters 42374 we've got you surrounded! argue about it and distract real issues! 930 Share BOALD BOALD FROALD FRON DARL DARL DARL BA CREAT Re the IDPOL! ROND ROND u i hate the IDPOL! i hate

James Palmer @BeijingPalmer kids like Roald Dahl because he is the weird kid in the playground who wants to show you a box full of worms and slugs, and trying to rewrite him into a preacher of didactic virtue is going to ring inevitably false to the spirit of the books 10:13 PM. Feb 18, 2023 192.4K Views ●

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James Palmer @BeijingPalmer kids like Roald Dahl because he is the weird kid in the playground who wants to show you a box full of worms and slugs, and trying to rewrite him into a preacher of didactic virtue is going to ring inevitably false to the spirit of the books 10:13 PM. Feb 18, 2023 192.4K Views ●

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Roald Dahl Book Revisions (Meme/Opinion)

Claire??? @AliceAvizandum I will say, by way of cancellation, that I was heavily into Roald Dahl books as a kid and he is the perfect children's author for Britain because he will absolutely give you a bunch of sinister little prejudices under a cloak of niceness 6:53 AM. Feb 18, 2023 239.6K Views 165 Retweets 13 Quote Tweets 3,184 Likes

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Richard Blandford @rblandford Keep Roald Dahl books as they are but have a little note at the beginning explaining that he was a c---. 10:52 AM. Feb 18, 2023 1.7M Views ● ●●● 1,853 Retweets 169 Quote Tweets 27.3K Likes

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Chart of Removed Words/Statements (Esio Trot)

Esio Trot 2001 Tortoises used to be brought into England by the thousand, packed in crates, and they came mostly from North Africa. This balcony belonged to an attractive middle-aged lady called Mrs Silver. But not many years ago a law was But many years ago a law was passed that made it illegal to passed that made it illegal to bring any tortoises into the bring any tortoises into the UK country ... like saving her life or rescuing her from a gang of armed thugs... Try to think how miserable it must make him feel to be so titchy! Everyone wants to grow up. 2022 "That's where all these tortoises in England come from, and a bedouin tribesman told me the secret" Tortoises used to be brought into England by the thousand. They came from lots of different countries, packed in crates. This balcony belonged to a kind middle-aged lady called Mrs Silver. ... like saving her life or rescuing her from a gang of armed robbers... Try to think how miserable it must make him feel! Everyone wants to grow up. "That's where some of these tortoises in England come from, and a local person told me the secret"

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Chart of Removed Words/Statements (The Twits)

The Twits 2001 ladies and gentlemen fearful ugliness Have you ever seen a woman with an uglier face than that? I doubt it. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth 2022 folks ugliness Have you ever seen anyone with an uglier face than that? I doubt it. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and stick-out teeth In her right hand she carried a walking stick. She used to tell people that this was because she had warts growing on her sole of her left foot and walking was painful. Oh do shut up, you old hag She lay there in the dark scratching her tummy. Her tummy was itching. Dity old hags tummy was always itchy. like her always have itchy tummies. In her right hand she carried a walking stick. Not because she needed help walking. Oh do shut up, you old crow She lay there in the dark scratching her tummy. Her

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Chart of Removed Words/Statements (George's Marvellous Medicine)

George's Marvellous Medicine 2001 He didn't have a brother or a sister. His father was a farmer She had pale brown teeth and a small puckered-up mouth like a dog's bottom. She certainly was a very tiny person. Daddy says it's fine for a man to be tall Owch 2022 Her legs were so short she had to It was as if she was shrinking, as have a footstool she had to have a footstool Mummy washes them down the sink Mummy's as stupid as you are Added a dedication: This book is for doctors everywhere He didn't have any siblings. His parents were farmers She had rotting teeth and a small puckered-up mouth like a dog's bottom, from years of frowning. She certainly was very small. Daddy says it's fine for people to be tall Ugh Mummy and Daddy wash them down the sink Mummy and Daddy are as stupid as you are

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Chart of Removed Words/Statements (James and the Giant Peach)

James and the Giant Peach 2001 queer ramshackle house strange ramshackle house Aunt Sponge was enormously fat Aunt Sponge was quite large and and very short very short One of those white flabby faces that looked exactly as though it had been boiled She had a screeching voice those two ghastly hags Aunt Sponge, fat and pulpy as a jellyfish Waving her fat arms and starting to dance around in circles In another minute, this mammoth fruit was as round and large and fat as Aunt Sponge herself, and probably just as heavy 2022 They were like a couple of hunters who had just shot an elephant A face that looked like a great soggy overboiled cabbage She had an annoying voice those two ghastly aunts Aunt Sponge, pulpy as a jellyfish Waving her arms and starting to dance around in circles Removed They were like a couple of hunters who had just shot their prey

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Chart of Removed Words/Statements (Charlie in the Chocolate Factory)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2001 Like all extremely old people, he Like most extremely old people, was delicate and weak he was delicate and weak "Tell Charlie about that crazy Indian prince," said Grandma Josephine "You mean Prince Pondicherry?" said Grandpa Joe, and he began chuckling with laughter. "Completely dotty, said Grandpa George. "But very rich," said Grandma Georgina "Prince Pondicherry wrote a letter to Mr Willy Wonka" "The crazy prince" A nine-year-old boy who was so enormously fat he looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump 2022 Great flabby folds of fat bulged out from every part of his body, and his face was like a monstrous ball of dough "Tell Charlie about that ridiculously rich Indian prince," said Grandma Josephine "You mean Prince Puducherry?" said Grandpa Joe, and he began chuckling with laughter "Prince Puducherry wrote a letter to Mr Willy Wonka" “The prince" A nine-year-old boy who was so enormous he looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump Great folds bulged out from every part of his body, and his face was like a ball of dough

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Chart of Removed Words/Statements

THE WITCHES "Don't be foolish," my grandmother said. "You can't go round pulling the hair of every lady you meet, even if she is wearing gloves. Just you try it and see what happens." 2001 EDITION Even if she is working as a cashier in a supermarket or typing letters for a businessman She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. THE WITCHES 2001 EDITION "Don't be foolish," my grandmother said. "Besides, there are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that." 2001 EDITION 2022 EDITION Even if she is working as a top scientist or running a business MATILDA 2022 EDITION She went to nineteenth century estates with Jane Austen. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and California with John Steinbeck. 2022 EDITION

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Chart of Removed Words/Statements (Matilda)

Matilda 2001 Mothers and fathers Your daughter Vanessa, judging by what she's learnt this term, has no hearing-organs at all She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling She wore heavy make-up and had one of those unfortunate bulging figures where the flesh appeas to be strapped in all around the body to prevent it from falling out Dickens or Kipling 2022 Parents Judging by what your daughter Vanessa has learnt this term, this fact alone is more interesting than anything I have taught in the classroom She went to nineteenth century estates with Jane Austen. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and California with John Steinbeck Removed Dickens or Austen

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Salman Rushdie tweet

Salman Rushdie @SalmanRushdie Roald Dahl was no angel but this is absurd censorship. Puffin Books and the Dahl estate should be ashamed. Suzanne Nossel @SuzanneNossel - 19h At @PENamerica we are alarmed at news of "hundreds of changes" to venerated works by @roald_dahl in a purported effort to scrub the books of that which might offend someone. 1/13 theguardian.com/books/2023/feb... Show this thread ⠀ 5:41 PM - Feb 18, 2023 1.8M Views

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Matt Pearce tweet

Matt Pearce @mattdpearce www Roald Dahl's books have been edited to stop calling people fat so much, plus other offensive things. This is being described as "woke." I would reply that hardly anyone on here has read unfiltered Dahl, who has periodically needed, um, revision. latimes.com/entertainment-.... edition of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," published in 1 ompas helping Willy Wonka were originally described as Afri om Wonka had "smuggled" out of Africa in crates to live and v cing pressure from Black actors and groups such as the NAAC Civil Rights era, the 1971 film made the Oompa-Loompas orai hair. In a 1973 revision of the book, Dahl recast the Oompa-I fantastical instead of Black and African.

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Rob Palk @robpalkwriter ●●● I think the problem with the change kids books when societal norms change argument is that Roald Dahl wasn't usually displaying unconscious bias etc. He was being a c--- on purpose and we should respect that 8:19 AM Feb 18, 2023 161.8K Views

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