Thread: Roald Dahl Children's Books Being Rewritten
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Old 04-02-2023, 01:02 AM   #236
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
Yes, that's the one.
The casting in that series was entirely deliberate, not done out of historical ignorance.

In addition, 100%-lily-white casting in historical European settings _is_ historically inaccurate (but rarely criticised as such).

Lastly, all modern-era Regency Romance is fantasy. The lack of TB and smallpox and cholera and paedatric death is historically inaccurate; so is all the clear skin and great teeth, etc etc etc.
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