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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by bazoom42 on Sunday February 19, 2023 @06:12AM (#34856554)
You mean readers read the characters as gay even though it is never directly stated? Traditionally there are certain “tells” which are subtle enough that readers who are uncomfortable by queer characters miss the subtext. This is really a win-win.

Hollywood was also a master of this, althoug these days they tend to do the reverse: explicity show a character is gay but without the tells, since having both would just be cliched or “on the nose”.

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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by wrp on Sunday February 19, 2023 @07:53AM (#34857186)
Exactly. I see a lot of book reviewers complaining about the presence/lack of characters of some type and I'm baffled, because in my reading of the text there was no revelation of that information. I want to know what particulars they are focusing on.
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