Re:Andy Weir’s Best Seller ‘The Martian’ Gets a Classroom-Fr...
by libeclipse on Monday February 27, 2017 @12:45PM
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Yeah, I see what you mean. But while the profanity probably could be removed, I think it would really take something from the character. The swears give the story a real, raw feel somehow -- they really make you feel as if it's actually happening.
He talks like the rest of us, not like a robot.
Re:Andy Weir’s Best Seller ‘The Martian’ Gets a Classroom-Fr...
by bostonpete on Monday February 27, 2017 @01:25PM
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There are plenty of people who don't really swear though. If Weir was cool with the changes, he must've felt like the profanity wasn't crucial to the story.
Re:Andy Weir’s Best Seller ‘The Martian’ Gets a Classroom-Fr...
by libeclipse on Monday February 27, 2017 @05:06PM
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Well it could be argued that the author's intention is no more correct than the audience's interpretation.
Re:Andy Weir’s Best Seller ‘The Martian’ Gets a Classroom-Fr...
by aanm1988 on Monday February 27, 2017 @03:00PM
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> On the one hand, you want to make it accessible to as many students as possible as well as teach them the core of what you want
Then use it. These kids aren't going to be damaged by hearing the word fuck.
Re:Andy Weir’s Best Seller ‘The Martian’ Gets a Classroom-Fr...
by frostirosti on Monday February 27, 2017 @04:45PM
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see the second part
But I also totally understand your point. Why is every marvel movie jam packed with gratuitous violence. To the point where fighting is the entire point of the narrative. Characters will die in fantastic ways but is still equally traumatizing. But portraying love or swearing is too adult for children. Makes no sense to me.