To urge others not to read Harry Potter as a few religious groups did is protected speech. To make death threats against an author like some activist trans groups have done is a crime. Distinguishing between legal objections and illegal threats should not be lost in this debate.
Authors and their estates also have the right to pander a…
To urge others not to read Harry Potter as a few religious groups did is protected speech. To make death threats against an author like some activist trans groups have done is a crime. Distinguishing between legal objections and illegal threats should not be lost in this debate.
Authors and their estates also have the right to pander and destroy the original works of an author as the estate of Roald Dahl is. If one was to endorse a 'don't buy this book' movement, endorsing the new, nice, and sanitary version of Dahl's work would be an important endeavor.
I heard an interesting take on the Dahl matter. Essentially that the controversy is to drive sales by replacing the old version with the new. Legal materials have functioned this way for years.
Megan, what a great idea and great podcast series you have produced! My three children and I read all the books, together at first when they were young. We saw the movies together. Then my youngest and her best friend reread all the books and re-watched all the movies together, one summer during high school. She said they both cried again when Dumbledore died.
Among the best memories of their childhoods, you can ask them.
Updating legal materials seems natural as life changes, but literature is different. The Witches are now going to include a disclaimer about why the witches are wearing wigs. The witches are bald and their wigs itch like crazy. In the updates, there will be an insert about wearing wigs, why people wear wigs, and baldness. Every child who snickered when their teacher/librarian/parent was reading that section of The Witches while scratching their head now stands corrected by this "party pooper" version. The oompa-loompas are now gender corrected to "they." Violet Beauregarde in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is now within her BMI weight.
The joy of Dahl was that there is a rudeness and mischievousness to the stories. Reading the chapter of Boy where the sister's handsome lover is given a pipe filled with goat droppings or the Three Pigs in Revolting Rhymes to 8 and 10 year old is magical as they lean forward in anticipation for what happens next. Legal matters may also be dramatic even life and death, but it's not Dahl.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. Seems like the new edit is a charmless wet blanket. Hoping that Dicken's Miss Havisham doesn't get a career or life fulfillment to boost sales.
To urge others not to read Harry Potter as a few religious groups did is protected speech. To make death threats against an author like some activist trans groups have done is a crime. Distinguishing between legal objections and illegal threats should not be lost in this debate.
Authors and their estates also have the right to pander and destroy the original works of an author as the estate of Roald Dahl is. If one was to endorse a 'don't buy this book' movement, endorsing the new, nice, and sanitary version of Dahl's work would be an important endeavor.
I heard an interesting take on the Dahl matter. Essentially that the controversy is to drive sales by replacing the old version with the new. Legal materials have functioned this way for years.
Megan, what a great idea and great podcast series you have produced! My three children and I read all the books, together at first when they were young. We saw the movies together. Then my youngest and her best friend reread all the books and re-watched all the movies together, one summer during high school. She said they both cried again when Dumbledore died.
Among the best memories of their childhoods, you can ask them.
Updating legal materials seems natural as life changes, but literature is different. The Witches are now going to include a disclaimer about why the witches are wearing wigs. The witches are bald and their wigs itch like crazy. In the updates, there will be an insert about wearing wigs, why people wear wigs, and baldness. Every child who snickered when their teacher/librarian/parent was reading that section of The Witches while scratching their head now stands corrected by this "party pooper" version. The oompa-loompas are now gender corrected to "they." Violet Beauregarde in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is now within her BMI weight.
The joy of Dahl was that there is a rudeness and mischievousness to the stories. Reading the chapter of Boy where the sister's handsome lover is given a pipe filled with goat droppings or the Three Pigs in Revolting Rhymes to 8 and 10 year old is magical as they lean forward in anticipation for what happens next. Legal matters may also be dramatic even life and death, but it's not Dahl.
I was not addressing the content of legal publications but rather the money-making potential.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. Seems like the new edit is a charmless wet blanket. Hoping that Dicken's Miss Havisham doesn't get a career or life fulfillment to boost sales.
No apology necessary. I realized my comment was going off on a tangent so I explained. I agree about the new edits. It is so bizarre to me.