Posted on 10/04/2017 5:45:40 PM PDT by SMGFan
HILLSBOROUGH -- After "strong concerns" were raised over the choice for its fall play, Hillsborough High School decided to drop a planned production of "And Then There Were None," replacing it with "Almost, Maine."
"And Then There Were None" is based on an Agatha Christie book that, in its original printing in England in 1939, was named after a famous British song, "Ten Little N*****s." The book title was renamed "And Then There Were None" when it was published in the United States in 1940.
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The BBC version is Ten Little Indians. Which I’m guessing would offend someone.
The fact that SJWs wet themselves over the book title is a bit ironic (in the eyes of anyone who has read the book and recalls the motivation for the murders).
And what people used to call Brazil nuts.
Me too!
Like never even happened!
“Ten Little Indians” might be considered racist. “Ten Little Pakistanis” would be OK.
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