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Dambusters dog to be renamed Digger for remake of iconic film... because N-word...
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 10th June 2011

Posted on 06/10/2011 4:57:20 AM PDT by naturalman1975

The Dambusters dog N****r will be renamed Digger for a modern remake of the iconic film to avoid offending American viewers, it has emerged.

Script writer Stephen Fry, 53, has confirmed that pilot Guy Gibson's faithful black Labrador will be renamed for the forthcoming Peter Jackson movie.

In the original 1955 film Gibson's dog's name was spoken 12 times as a code word to report successful dam breaches to RAF Bomber Command.

But Fry, who is writing the script for the long-awaited remake, has revealed he will now be renamed Digger to avoid offending American viewers.

He said: 'There is no question in America that you could ever have a dog called the N-word.

'It's no good saying that it is the Latin word for black or that it didn't have the meaning that it does now - you just can't go back, which is unfortunate.

'You can go to RAF Scampton and see the dog's grave and there he is with his name, and it's an important part of the film.

'The name of the dog was a code word to show that the dam had been successfully breached.

'In the film, you're constantly hearing 'n-word, n-word, n-word, hurray' and Barnes Wallis is punching the air.

'But obviously that's not going to happen now. So Digger seems okay, I reckon.'

The iconic 1955 film tells the story of British Second World War scientists who developed a bouncing bomb as a means of attacking Germany's dams.

During the film a special squadron of Lancaster bombers, 617 Squadron, is formed and trained by Wing Commander Guy Gibson.

His black Labrador dog N*gger is present throughout the film and his name repeatedly used as a code word to report successful breaches of dams.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: naturalman1975

Are you a member of a protected ‘victim’ class?


21 posted on 06/10/2011 5:17:48 AM PDT by WayneS ("I hope you know this will go down on your PERMANENT record...")
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To: naturalman1975
His black Labrador dog N*gger is present throughout the film ...

I did not know that the letter '*' had been added to the English alphabet.

But I suppose if the United States can have 57 states, the alphabet can have 27 letters.

Does anyone what sound(s) are involved in pronouncing this new letter? Is it a vowel, or a consonant? Or, is it, perhaps, another 'sometimes' letter like 'y'?

22 posted on 06/10/2011 5:23:59 AM PDT by WayneS ("I hope you know this will go down on your PERMANENT record...")
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To: naturalman1975

I’ve had enough of this dam PC nonsense.


23 posted on 06/10/2011 5:24:12 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: Hoodat

They shouldn’t call it a remake. This is a film that retells an event. The ‘original’ Dambusters film wasn’t original - it was of course a film of the real-world story.

Another example: ‘Titanic’ wasn’t a remake of the (vastly superior and more historically accurate) ‘A Night to Remember’ but a retelling of the Titanic sinking.

Also: “Pearl Harbor” was not a remake of “Tora Tora Tora”.

The article writer needs to tighten his terms up.


24 posted on 06/10/2011 5:24:38 AM PDT by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
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To: naturalman1975

The continued downfall of the Western world...


25 posted on 06/10/2011 5:26:59 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (explosive bolts, ten thousand volts at a million miles an hour)
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To: Tax-chick
“Maybe they could have renamed the dog, “Chigger”

Please, please, please watch you language.

They now want to be referred to as “Chigroes”, not Chiggers.

26 posted on 06/10/2011 5:35:15 AM PDT by I cannot think of a name
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To: John O

LOL!!!


27 posted on 06/10/2011 5:35:38 AM PDT by NewCenturions
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To: naturalman1975

A pc variant of history ?

Another movie I will not waste cash on....


28 posted on 06/10/2011 5:35:56 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: naturalman1975
Scenes from the original movie are part of the 'background' soundtrack (and are shown on a TV in one scene) in the movie of Pink Floyd's The Wall.
29 posted on 06/10/2011 5:37:26 AM PDT by WayneS ("I hope you know this will go down on your PERMANENT record...")
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To: John O

LOL!


30 posted on 06/10/2011 5:38:41 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("WWSP?" - What Would Sionnsar Post?)
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To: naturalman1975
Sit; Dog of color

Roll over; Dog of color

Step, Dog of color

Fetch it; Dog of color.

31 posted on 06/10/2011 5:43:30 AM PDT by N. Theknow (The MSM is to 0bama what the Broom-n-Scoop Detail is to a circus parade.)
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To: Salo
...haha...

...beat me to it...

32 posted on 06/10/2011 5:43:39 AM PDT by cyberaxe (....Uuuummpphhhh.....)
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To: naturalman1975
I wonder how much profanity they'll include for the sake of ‘realism’.
33 posted on 06/10/2011 5:44:52 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: WayneS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JqBiMgC2Wg&feature=related
Dam busters or bouncing bomb


34 posted on 06/10/2011 5:45:57 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Squantos

‘Saving Private Ryan’ was a PC remake of history.

This will be a stirring wartime adventure. And in the middle of all the heroism and dam-smashing spectacle, the film-makers will silently insert a renamed dog.


35 posted on 06/10/2011 5:47:06 AM PDT by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
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To: naturalman1975

as an Elem. School Spec. Ed. teacher, I sent a kid to the corner for using that word...he is black & I’m white (he was rapping). I told him that too many people fought & died just so his race wouldn’t be called that all the time.


36 posted on 06/10/2011 5:49:05 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Democrats- Forgetting 9/11 since 9/12/01)
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To: Redleg Duke
"The Dam Busters"

Maybe the new movie should be called "The Darn Busters".

37 posted on 06/10/2011 5:51:08 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Democrats- Forgetting 9/11 since 9/12/01)
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To: agere_contra

I have the original version of dambusters......

I didn’t pay to see SPR either.

That a problem ?


38 posted on 06/10/2011 5:55:12 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: naturalman1975

I love the original, a remake will never take its place, and I hate the political correcting, but I’m a special effects nut and look forward to how the dambusting will look.


39 posted on 06/10/2011 5:55:54 AM PDT by swatbuznik
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To: Salo

Chuckle.


40 posted on 06/10/2011 5:59:19 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (Welcome to the USA - where every day is Backwards Day!)
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