A. J. PaylerAnd as Yoko didn't include any of her songs on the original 1986 Lennon Live in NYC album, the live "Sisters, O Sisters" now exists only on the VHS release. This makes the new set well short of definitive, especially as both songs remain available on streaming. #bowdlerization
Kuudere-Hime
ErosBlog Bacchus has moved!Whoops! No more gay apparel at Disney World, apparently. Ain't that some Mickey Mouse bullshit?
http://www.erosblog.com/2023/12/30/pornocalypse-comes-for-your-gay-apparel/
#Gay #DeckTheHalls #Disney #DisneyWorld #GayApparel #Pornocalypse #Bowdlerization #BowdlerLives #Christmas #ChristmasShow #ChristmasSong #ChristmasCarol #MickeyMouse #MinnieMouse #MickeyMouseBullshit
JdeBPThat is absurd, given the subject matter of the song.
Shantell PowellOne of my first summer jobs was being an activities counsellor at a provincial park. One night, we were doing a Hallowe’en in the summer event, and I was reading Edgar Allan Poe stories aloud to kids. About halfway through a story, a supervisor came up to me and told me the stories were too complicated for children, so I had to simplify the language. This made me very unhappy, especially since I’d first read Poe as a little kid. #EdgarAllanPoe #SummerJob #bowdlerization
Kevin WinkerIt's no surprise that society's most recent example of #Bowdlerization is getting major blowback, but this is a particularly eloquent response:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/fuck-you-you-fat-headed-roald-dahl-censoring-fuckers
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/fuck-you-you-fat-headed-roald-dahl-censoring-fuckers
Dallman RossOpinion | Why it’s wrong to rewrite Roald Dahl’s children’s #books - The Washington Post
[Article unpaywalled via my subscription]
https://wapo.st/3Y3WSnM
Maria BustillosOn the bowdlerization of Roald Dahl
https://popula.com/2023/02/20/leave-roald-dahl-be-for-inclusions-sake/
#bookstodon #literature #fiction #publishing #books #censorship #bowdlerization #culture
petersuber1/ Roald #Dahl's heirs must have consented to this #bowdlerization of his work.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/18/roald-dahl-books-rewritten-to-remove-language-deemed-offensive
#Copyright law now allows copyrights to pass to heirs, who might mangle or restrict access to the author's work.
But tho I often criticize copyright law, I don't blame it for this travesty.
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Jake has moved!Was just reminded of this hilarious monstrosity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOWTJkdNYUU
"You're from the seventies but I'm a KIDZ BOP KID!"
(From back when I still tried to shield my kid's ears from "shit" and crashing cars into a bridge and nineties bitches.)
