Bizarrely, the word was considered offensive in America long before it was here.

It's not been glossed over though, just rightly changed in the adaptation to something considerably less racist (Soldier Boys). It's wrong that the word was ever considered appropriate by some but sadly it was. Still, although it's based around a racist poem, at least the story can be removed from that and it is a good mystery (good adaptation too). Sometimes you have to separate the work from the author; for example, I love the work of Evelyn Waugh and he was unfortunately a nasty, spiteful, odious, anti-Semitic, fascist-sympathising bigot. And yet he was also a brilliant and funny storyteller.

Posted By: tim berry, Dec 28, 22:42:17