The Rewriting of Roald Dahl. Overly Sensitive?

donmatthewspoetryFebruary 21, 2023Uncategorizedgender-neutral, humour, poetry, rhyme, roald dahl, spiders, worms

Roald Dhal has been rewritten
Axed is the word ‘fat’
They’ve also scrubbed out ‘ugly’
And that my friend is that

Oompa Loompas have become gender-neutral, spiders are no longer black and worms are no longer pink

Don Matthews
February 2023

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4 thoughts on “The Rewriting of Roald Dahl. Overly Sensitive?”

Terveen Gill says:

February 22, 2023 at 12:03 pm

Really???

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1. donmatthewspoetry says:
  
  February 22, 2023 at 12:48 pm
  
  True……fat and ugly removed but little ‘brown’ mouse still left in. Mouse discrimination?………
  
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  1. Terveen Gill says:
    
    February 23, 2023 at 5:44 pm
    
    Haha! I guess. 🙂
    
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  2. donmatthewspoetry says:
    
    February 23, 2023 at 7:05 pm
    
    Only UK are rewriting Roald Dahl…….
    
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