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by janmarsal 1151 days ago
Well, to me those moralist edits are like those reader's digest books with shortened edits of novels. I really don't mind their existence, as long as they're labeled as special edits for a niche market rather than an attempt to replace the original.
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... But it's not like that.

That's not what Spielberg is talking about at all. These rewritings and revision are quite different; in scope, in manner, in presentation and in purpose.

What happened to Dahl, or the 1984 audiobook, etc, are nothing like a Reader's Digest regurgitation.