'Indians' is Now Politically Incorrect
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borg1005-1 — 12 years ago(November 07, 2013 09:00 AM)
I found that "Indian Island" is now "Soldier Island," and the poem that structures the plot is now "Ten Little Soldier Boys"!!!
. . . for now. Soon there will be a hue and cry about "gender-specific" titles and it will probably be changed to something like "Ten little persons" . . . until someone who is "height-challenged" will complain and the title will again be changed . . . and the beat goes on.
It's similar to one TV station cancelling a Charlie Chan movie marathon because some professional victim outfit claimed it made the Chinese look bad - and the executives folded.
Just once, dear Lord, I'd like to see some outfit challenged on these ground to just say, "Deal with it. Next?" -
ChorusGirl — 12 years ago(January 01, 2014 09:48 PM)
the book is now frequently on summer reading lists for students. It is quite likely that parents complained at some point. I have worked at a bookstore and at Random House publishers in NYCI can assure you that no matter what books are assigned for summer reading in schools, some parent always always always complains and makes a stink.
Don't get caught up in thinking "political correctness" is some new liberal thingas religious conservatives have been banning books for ages and demanding changes to books and movies since both mediums began.
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jashobeam5 — 11 years ago(October 03, 2014 04:51 PM)
That is greatly overstating the "religious conservatives" part in book banning. Many books on the banned list are used in ultra conservative schools, but are not allowed in public schools often because they are not PC enough. The PC stuff has gotten way out of hand. Some Americans are considering banning the term "redskins" when most American Indians do not find that term offensive. Speedy Gonzales was banned from the US because it supposedly made Mexicans look bad. Know where it is popular? Mexico! PC is another name for liberal brainwashing.
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MsELLERYqueen2 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 11:38 PM)
Some of the changes to other Agatha Christie novels I've come across:
I read one version of
"Three-Act Tragedy"
in which they changed the motive for the murder. I have no idea why they would have done this.
More current versions of
"Lord Edgware Dies"
don't include certain references to Jewish people. I once read the unabridged version and boy did I get an "earful" from Dame Agatha.
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Harold_Robbins — 10 years ago(April 21, 2015 01:24 PM)
I read one version of "Three-Act Tragedy" in which they changed the motive for the murder. I have no idea why they would have done this.
It is my understanding that the change was made to the US edition because the motive for the murder would not have applied here. But as far as I know it's been restored for the current edition, one good thing about HarperCollins now being Christie's US and UK publisher is that they've reverted to the original British texts. One Christie, THE MOVING FINGER, was published in an abbreviated form in the US - and remained so until recently - because of an error made at the time of publication - Dodd, Mead was given the slightly shortened version that had been prepared for newspaper serialization (a lucrative subsidiary right at the time) and no one noticed!
In
my
case, self-absorption is
completely
justified. -
MsELLERYqueen2 — 10 years ago(April 21, 2015 03:18 PM)
It is my understanding that the change was made to the US edition because the motive for the murder would not have applied here.
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Why should that matter? It's a story which was written in Britain in the 1930s, not in contemporary times in North America.
One Christie, THE MOVING FINGER, was published in an abbreviated form in the US - and remained so until recently -
About 7 years ago, I checked out a handful of Christie novels from the library which were likely condensed. I didn't even realized it until I found some unabridged versions of those stories
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Harold_Robbins — 11 years ago(March 13, 2015 04:32 PM)
The 75th Anniversary editions published in 2014 in thr UK and US by HarperCollins featured the current text ("Soldier Island") and were published as AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. I don't think we're likely to ever see it published under either of the TEN LITTLE titles again.
In
my
case, self-absorption is
completely
justified.