I'm sick of doomer posts and I want to laugh at hidden weird reactionary sentiments in children's books.

  • extremesatanism [they/them]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    thats super fucking stupid.

    not the interpretation, just that some writer thought it was important to make kids afraid of normal behavior under threat of excruciating agony

    • WindowSicko [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      I haven't rewatched it in a long time. I don't know what Roald Dahl intention was, he definitely has some of that unfortunate in retrospect stuff that only a British author could do, like the stuff about Oompah loompas being imported slaves that love to work.

      • extremesatanism [they/them]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        i think books that morally judge children just bother me

        also, :agony-minion: yeah