Publisher Puffin makes hundreds of changes to the original text of Roald Dahl's books after sensitivity readers were hired to scrutinize the text. “Fat” has been removed from every book, passages added - Kotaku In Action 2

Publisher Puffin makes hundreds of changes to the original text of Roald Dahl's books after sensitivity readers were hired to scrutinize the text. “Fat” has been removed from every book, passages added (archive.is)

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– TerpenoidTester 47 points 1 year ago +47 / -0

Sensitivities over Dahl’s stories were heightened when a 2020 Hollywood version of The Witches led to a backlash over its depiction of the Grand Witch, played by Anne Hathaway, with fingers missing from each hand.

Warner Bros was forced to make an apology after Paralympians and charities said it was offensive to the limb difference community.

God help us all

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– LauriThorne 3 points 1 year ago +3 / -0

Nobody tell them about the original Assassins Creed

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– MargarineMongoose 3 points 1 year ago +3 / -0

But what if I want to stop the show instead?

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