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Seuss Landing Expansion Speculation
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I need everyone to tone down the "how dare a publisher self-censor dated and racist imagery" rhetoric. Now.
This better not have credibility. If this is true then Universal is making a much bigger deal out of things than they really are. They’re really going to throw the entire land out over the publisher making changes to some older works? I doubt it. Nobody is asking for this, but I fear a handful of people on Twitter might.
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It's a publisher self-acknowledging that certain work is offensive & racist and choosing on their own to remove it. There are reasons for changing offensive material other than "being canceled".
- Mar 30, 2015
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To be fair, Fox News called it "being cancelled" twenty-two times in one segment. That's enough for some folks to believe it.
My favorite Stephen King novella is Rage. He chose to remove it from publication after several school shootings were inspired by the work. To some, that's King being "cancelled."
- Apr 18, 2018
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Instead of listening to alternative news sources you can call it holding people accountable and drop it.
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I honestly don't get why people think we need to rip out the entire land. They stopped selling 6 books and I believe 3 are featured in the land? However, I don't think there is anything in the land that could be viewed as controversial?
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No one is believing or saying that.
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No one thinks that, at least no one worth listening to. None of the problematic elements are in the land, and the racism of his past work was well known to all prior to the land being built
OK let's take care of two things here:
Here the images from the removed books:
I don't think anyone would argue that they are extremely out-of-date characterizations about 2 different races. The publication made the decision to pull the books - without any public pressure. I'll be honest that I certainly am no fan of today's cancel culture... but this ain't it and certainly doesn't fall under that classification. If you don't think the 2 images are problematic, then may I suggest a different forum? The books will probably return with alterations in the future. It's not an easy decision because the books are "classics" so do you tamper and edit a deceased person's work, or remove and move on.
As far as the UPNT article, its headline is a bit sensationalized and pulled from Spectrum 13's reporting:
It clearly states “We’ve removed the books from our shelves as they have asked and we’ll be evaluating our in-park experience too. But our guests can plan on continuing to be able to enjoy their favorite experiences at Seuss Landing.”
AKA The generic PR response. If anything, since Seuss is pulling off licensing too, there may be some legal thing with the If I Ran the Zoo name so that covers Universal's butt.
In the meantime, we've let the thread go - but a few responses as of late are pushing it. With that.... watch that.
Here the images from the removed books:
I don't think anyone would argue that they are extremely out-of-date characterizations about 2 different races. The publication made the decision to pull the books - without any public pressure. I'll be honest that I certainly am no fan of today's cancel culture... but this ain't it and certainly doesn't fall under that classification. If you don't think the 2 images are problematic, then may I suggest a different forum? The books will probably return with alterations in the future. It's not an easy decision because the books are "classics" so do you tamper and edit a deceased person's work, or remove and move on.
As far as the UPNT article, its headline is a bit sensationalized and pulled from Spectrum 13's reporting:
It clearly states “We’ve removed the books from our shelves as they have asked and we’ll be evaluating our in-park experience too. But our guests can plan on continuing to be able to enjoy their favorite experiences at Seuss Landing.”
AKA The generic PR response. If anything, since Seuss is pulling off licensing too, there may be some legal thing with the If I Ran the Zoo name so that covers Universal's butt.
In the meantime, we've let the thread go - but a few responses as of late are pushing it. With that.... watch that.
I completely agree with your comments...... And this is one more reason not to quote WDWNT for real theme park news. They continually muddy the waters with their clickbait articles.
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I don't look at any of this an see "Universal is closing Suess Landing soon"...UPN needs to take a big ole chill pill
It just agitates me that they think they need to come up with a false headlineTheir business motto is..."Click, click. Ka Ching Ka Ching. "
Like, there's so much to talk about in the theme parks right now that will inspire clicks...and not cause unnecessary angry messages to Universal's social pages
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This is what I’ll trust. Statement from Universal themselves.
Edit: looks like UPNT included that statement now that I see it. But still, never know with them.
