Another one bites the dust due to political correctness. I guess I likely won't be allowed to sing that lullaby to my granddaughter that my dad sang to me. In the lullaby, two little babes died. I don't think it is good to scare young children, but some stories shouldn't be messed with.
To: originalbuckeye
I’ll never forgive the makers of The Plague Dogs cartoon of HAVING THE PLAGUE DOGS MURDERED! In complete violation of the book. I adore Richard Adams’ books, especially Traveller about Marsh Lee’s brave war horse.
2 posted on
04/28/2016 3:24:41 PM PDT by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
To: originalbuckeye
When I was a school librarian Watership Down was one of the books I most recommended to students.
3 posted on
04/28/2016 3:28:15 PM PDT by
Fai Mao
To: originalbuckeye
When I was a kid, the loss of Bambi’s mother had the same effect. That’s why I am the cynical sociopath you see before you today.
4 posted on
04/28/2016 3:29:12 PM PDT by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: originalbuckeye
5 posted on
04/28/2016 3:31:45 PM PDT by
GraceG
(The election doesn't pick the next president, it is an audition for "American Emperor"...)
To: originalbuckeye
What, no gay rabbits while they’re at it?
8 posted on
04/28/2016 3:34:04 PM PDT by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: originalbuckeye
“Watership Down” is not a children’s book - never was a children’s book - High School maybe junior High but not young readers.
To: originalbuckeye
It’s not political correctness, it’s realizing that the old cartoon is pretty brutal. And nothing’s biting the dust, the old cartoon will still be out there. And the remake from the late 90s which also mellowed things out a bit.
10 posted on
04/28/2016 3:34:36 PM PDT by
discostu
(Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
To: originalbuckeye
I HATED that book. I've never read anything so simpering, banal, or tedious. And I've read the New York Times!
Toward the end, I was hoping the rabbits would all get slaughtered. By a harvesting machine ...
16 posted on
04/28/2016 3:41:07 PM PDT by
IronJack
To: originalbuckeye
17 posted on
04/28/2016 3:41:20 PM PDT by
struggle
(The)
To: originalbuckeye
I read WD in high school... was not scarred. And now they want to give a boost to the female characters, yet cast relative unknowns to play them vs big stars to play the male characters?
To: originalbuckeye
I read Grimm’s Fairy tales to my kids - the real thing and not a watered down version. It’s a good thing Child Protective Services never heard about that one!
23 posted on
04/28/2016 3:54:23 PM PDT by
Pollster1
(Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
To: originalbuckeye
I saw the movie about a month ago on TCM. First time I’d seen it.
The book and movie were big back in the day.
“Prince with a thousand enemies”
27 posted on
04/28/2016 4:55:13 PM PDT by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: originalbuckeye
BBC remake Watership Down with less violence to avoid 'scarring' children, Just keep away from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
32 posted on
04/28/2016 7:09:19 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
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