Cohen: Publishers should not edit classic texts like Dahl or Dickens
Danny Cohen · Danny Cohen: From Leading the BBC to Leading Venture Capitalist |E1079 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Nov 8, 2023 · at 1:01:30
Danny Cohen, President of Access Entertainment and former Director of BBC Television, discusses whether classic literature should be rewritten to remove offensive language.
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“On that one, I don't think anyone should be changing Roald Dahl or Charles Dickens. I think you may want to, in your footnotes, note something about that use of language. It sort of undermines the intelligence of people not to be able to see and understand that.”
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