tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post5780216385969392495..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Why not rewrite Twain's books?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-57437650433001550642011-04-23T12:42:16.908-07:002011-04-23T12:42:16.908-07:00I agree, it was his time and his life as was seen ...I agree, it was his time and his life as was seen through his eyes. America has just become intolerant of anything to do with Blacks or Indians. I am part Cherokee and I don't take Twain's books to be anything other than the works of a great man in his time and lifestylke.Glendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857338514183099664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-15342039053601540492011-01-19T08:23:10.007-08:002011-01-19T08:23:10.007-08:00The real problem is that you can't just revise...The real problem is that you can't just revise the racism of the past to make room for the present.<br /><br />And one change leads to another which eventually leads to what us otaku call macekre. That is, revising the work so much that you lose its original artistic merit. (If you've seen a lot of anime for children, and then watched those same works in Japanese, you know macekre.)<br /><br />Even worse than that, you run into the possibility of removing racism from American history textbooks.<br /><br />I personally am glad there are so many MSTs of "The Piasa Bird" available. "The Piasa Bird" has no literary merit, of course; it's a <i>Power Rangers</i> fanfiction with a huge Mary Sue. But "The Piasa Bird" also shows that racism existed in the 90s. These people who would not admit to seeing other races as inferior, yet still did so. (Half the fic is Gonterman saying he's not racist, he's just tired of hearing about slavery in American history class.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-85973659514538123432011-01-18T12:51:39.181-08:002011-01-18T12:51:39.181-08:00Twain should not be rewritten. He is simply a writ...Twain should not be rewritten. He is simply a writer during the time he lived that used words to express a story. <br /><br />With all the hip-hop music repeatedly ranting and shouting the "N" word, how is it okay for "anyone" to use that word.<br /><br />I have never heard natives call each other "injun"!<br /><br />I think American writers like Baum, Twain and other racially ignorant populist were and are here to affirm America's lack of knowledge in recognizing other races unique cultures and diversity, something Americans love to preach, but refuse to practice.Burtnoreply@blogger.com