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Post by joanne28 on Jul 14, 2011 19:23:24 GMT
I don't have a problem with contentious words used in context. I am a big fan of the movie "Trainspotting" and the language used is colourful, to say the least. And I felt that if I had been a member of the US army in Platoon, I would have been swearing my head off.
I also don't believe in rewriting history a la 1984 style, but there are instances where a change doesn't affect the novel or film at all. How crucial is it to the plot that the dog be called Nigger instead of Digger? The word nigger is obviously used as a pejorative for most of the time. To say that the meaning is in the eye of the beholder is a little disingenuous, in my opinion.
Intent has a lot to do with it and I agree that the dog's name would reflect the time but I don't think it's necessary to maintain that style of unthinking speech.
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Post by imec on Jul 15, 2011 18:56:45 GMT
Some of the best swearing EVER is in the movie The Commitments.
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