It may be encouraging that Dahl’s book sales are spiking at the moment, with consumers eager to snatch up his work before the Thought Police has its way with it. That doesn’t change the fact that Puffin Books will produce watered-down versions of Dahl’s work moving forward.
And, for many, those stories will be the official Dahl language.
The woke revolution is getting so strong, so unavoidable that others on the Left are starting to sound the alarm. The film festival circuit is feeling the censorial heat, drawing concern from the typically liberal Variety. ….
The only thing surprising about the Dahl extreme makeover is that it didn’t happen already. Or that anyone thinks it will stop here.
[And don’t expect the institutions of the Left to stand fast on principle for long, either. — Ed]
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