eventually someone would have done the shriekcast or something like it, and there would have been plenty of analysis of the shitty stuff, but it would have no penetration into the broader culture. randos on twitter would have no opinion beyond "i liked the books when i was a kid"
they still picked a bank with a star of david mosaic on the ground for the goblin bank set, but apart from that :bruh-moment: they toned down a lot of the racism, slavery apologia, fat shaming, lookism and general meanspiritedness of the books.
eventually someone would have done the shriekcast or something like it, and there would have been plenty of analysis of the shitty stuff, but it would have no penetration into the broader culture. randos on twitter would have no opinion beyond "i liked the books when i was a kid"
Or the movies where the directors were smart enough to disavow the weird stuff or give characters with racist names less screen time.
they still picked a bank with a star of david mosaic on the ground for the goblin bank set, but apart from that :bruh-moment: they toned down a lot of the racism, slavery apologia, fat shaming, lookism and general meanspiritedness of the books.
still have the star of david in the goblin bank, but other than that they improved stuff
edit: had to step away and @AcidSmiley said what i was going to