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jaysay

10-06-2011 10:03

Well we said it would happen and it has

Dam Busters dog to be renamed Digger for remake of iconic film because N-word might offend Americans | Mail Online

Well it was debated some time ago when it was heard there was to be a remake of the war time film The Dam Busters and its happened Guy Gibson's much loved dog, Nigger will be renamed Digger wonder if the next thing will be to call the black ball in snooker the darker coloured one:mad:

Ken Moss

14-07-2011 17:21

Re: Well we said it would happen and it has

Heard about this and I can't say I'm pleased. It might not be the most politically correct name for a dog but The Dam Busters is historically accurate and all the characters featured played some part in real life events leading up to the air raids. Where do you stop in altering names have been deemed too rude for modern audiences?

Camp Freddie? Dr Lipschitz? Even Mark Twain and Jane Austen's novels are getting a makeover so that any passing reader with a weak heart won't be shocked into paralysis by such shocking prose as was written over 100 years ago.

In my opinion the world has become over-populated with the easily offended.

garinda

14-07-2011 23:51

Re: Well we said it would happen and it has

Who's playing his wife Molly, or as he affectionately calls her in the original film, Coon?

garinda

14-07-2011 23:56

Re: Well we said it would happen and it has

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 637432)

As pointed out in this thread, political corectness is nothing new, as the original version of the film, when released in the U.S.A., had the dog's name redubbed as Trigger.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...d-39463-2.html

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...-pc-43005.html

garinda

14-07-2011 23:58

Re: Well we said it would happen and it has

We might not like what's gone on in the past historically, but try and change it at your peril.

Boeing Guy

15-07-2011 06:22

Re: Well we said it would happen and it has

Seeing it's Hollywood it might look a bit like this....
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...?v=E0bZ6Idfqt8

jaysay

15-07-2011 09:11

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss (Post 918888)

Heard about this and I can't say I'm pleased. It might not be the most politically correct name for a dog .

70 years ago nobody would have batted an eyelid if you called your dog nigger blacky or anything like that so why the hell change history to placate some dogooding morons, its a totally bloody nonsense brought about by ignorance:mad::mad::mad:

jaysay

15-07-2011 09:13

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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 919019)

Who's playing his wife Molly, or as he affectionately calls her in the original film, Coon?

:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

garinda

15-07-2011 09:53

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 919075)

As posted above, when the original film was released in the States, the dog's name was overdubbed so he became Trigger.

:gooddog:

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