Why Roald Dahl hasn’t been cancelled (despite what they want you to think)

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Roald Dahl is the latest target of the wokey lefty youthy wokey stupid wokey evil wokey woke brigade! Or is he?

In this video I offer a nuanced view of the re-writing of Roald Dahl, a series of edits scandalised in the press and taken to dystopian extremes.

What is censorship? Is it ever ok to edit the works of a dead writer? What gives us the right to re-write? Watch to find out.

Written, presented, and edited by Dr. Rosie Whitcombe
@books_ncats

Directed, produced, and edited by Matty Phillips
@ma_ps_
mphotos.uk

Timestamps
00:00 Preface
01:15 Introduction
03:09 The Edits
14:21 The Reaction
27:39 Censorship
37:56 It’s all Capitalism, baby
40:22 Why this is insidious
46:53 What should we do?
50:26 Conclusion


Bibliography coming soon.


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Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor 'Pathetique', Op. 13 - Complete Performance
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