First of all, I know that in the 1950's someone rewrote some nursery rhymes to make them more (what we would call today) politically correct. So the "three KIND mice" went to the farmer's wife, who "cut them some cheese with a carving knife."
There's always people who wanted to soften the original fairy tales.
That being said, I'm not terribly happy with "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Even the original movie version had Willy Wonka as...well, a sadist and child-abuser. And the Oompa-Loompas were chanting his moral lessons, long after learning them would have done any good for the people involved. Like a domme saying, "You didn't call me mistress! You should have known you had to do that! Here's a hot soldering iron in your eye!"
A perfect story for a child suffering abuse; don't cause trouble and maybe someday Daddy will stop beating you and will love you.
If Roald Dahl were living today in the State of Florida, I get the feeling I'd see him on a newscast being taken away with a lot of deputies surrounding him, to prevent the bereaved parents from lynching him before the trial and inevitable execution. And the news cameras panning his back yard where the bodies were buried.
And before you ask, yes, his story makes me believe he WAS that bad.
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Date: 2007-01-04 04:17 pm (UTC)There's always people who wanted to soften the original fairy tales.
That being said, I'm not terribly happy with "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Even the original movie version had Willy Wonka as...well, a sadist and child-abuser. And the Oompa-Loompas were chanting his moral lessons, long after learning them would have done any good for the people involved. Like a domme saying, "You didn't call me mistress! You should have known you had to do that! Here's a hot soldering iron in your eye!"
A perfect story for a child suffering abuse; don't cause trouble and maybe someday Daddy will stop beating you and will love you.
If Roald Dahl were living today in the State of Florida, I get the feeling I'd see him on a newscast being taken away with a lot of deputies surrounding him, to prevent the bereaved parents from lynching him before the trial and inevitable execution. And the news cameras panning his back yard where the bodies were buried.
And before you ask, yes, his story makes me believe he WAS that bad.