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Originally Posted by Catlady
I read only a few Trixies, but I have read Nancy Drew in both the original and the modernized, sanitized versions. The stereotyping and racism were removed in the great purge, but so were the liveliness, the recklessness, and the excitement, not to mention Nancy's sense of entitlement and utter disregard for the rights of suspected wrongdoers. Of course, Nancy was a Stratemeyer Syndicate creation and they could do what they wanted with their product, but there is not one volume that was improved in the updating.
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Yup. And one more thing: the updated versions have fewer pages, catering to a perceived shorter attention span. Sentences also are shorter and have less complex structure. Sometimes only title remains: In
The Clue of the Broken Locket was originally about two abandoned babies who are adopted without any involvement by officialdom. Can't have that, so the revised version is about separated twin sisters and two missing children. That's where the slippery slope gets you.