The BBC's new adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel 'Great Expectations' is being blasted for including BDSM themes and opium use not present in the book.
Greg Gutfeld and guests discuss how Roald Dahl’s stories, like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, have become 'wokified' on ‘Gutfeld!’novel"Great Expectations" that includes a spanking scene, opium usage and other controversial themes that are not apparent in the classic author's original text.
Several users decried a scene from episode two that involved whipping. In the opening segment, the character Mr. Pumblechook is spanked over a bed by Mrs. Gargery, who is being described as a dominatrix housewife. In writing the series, Knight said he was trying to imagine how Dickens"would write the story now and have the freedom to go to those darker places."ROALD DAHL'S CHILDREN'S BOOKS REWRITTEN TO DELETE REFERENCES TO ‘FAT’ CHARACTERS, ADD ‘INCLUSIVE’ GENDER TERMS"And if you read about what Victorian London was like, there's a lot of stuff going on and Dickens knew there was a lot of stuff going on and his readers knew," Knight, according to The Radio Times.
"I love it how the BBC has got around Dickens being really boring by introducing loads of recreational whipping #GreatExpectations," podcast host Tom Holland wrote.Others complained that the show fell flat because it was too dark and"dreary."READERS HIGHLIGHT ‘STUPID’ EDITS TO CLASSIC ROALD DAHL BOOKS: ‘HILARIOUSLY TERRIBLE’
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