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.
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If they cast an all black cast including Samuel Jackson,Chris Tucker etc,,could the N-word THEN be used????
I would not have a problem with it. I would just as soon consign that word to the ash heap of history. But the people who produce hip-hop apparently just refuse to let it die.
This is why I mention "Saving Private Ryan" - which was a dishonorable PC distortion of the 'Fighting Andersons' story.
But not going to see a historical film because the filmmakers renamed a dog does sound like a bizarre decision, yes.
When I was a kid, it was, E-NE-ME-MINEE-MO, Catch a .....
Nobody thought anything about it. It was just something you said.
Better yet, they should use a WHITE dog in the movie..
Actually “633 Squadron” was a different movie (Cliff Robertson).
The Dam Busters were 617 Squareon.
Squareon = Squadron
There was originally an “i” there but it was donated to a vowel deficient eastern European country.
I guess when George Carlin redoes his “7 Dirty Words” routine he’ll be down to “One Dirty Word, Unless You’re the Proper Skin Shade,” which doesn’t have nearly as much comedic potential.
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Fry is also, or at least has been, a performer, which may explain the age remark.
I’ve always thought the parenthetical age convention odd in many cases.
Yes. But can they all do an English accent ?
Why did you make up that story?
I pretty much don’t spend cash on hollywood these days for any film. I vote with my dollars between elections....
Hope yer well....stay safe !
“A pc variant of history ?
Another movie I will not waste cash on....”
If it’s Peter Jackson it’s gonna be CGI/music blasting crap.
The beauty of the original film were the extended, tense cockpit scenes with nothing but radio/intercom dialogue and the drone of engines.
I seriously doubt this remake will retain anything of value from the original.
Black people, and liberal white people just keep giving that name power. When will they learn? When I am called an offensive name, like Gabacho or Cracker, I embrace it, and it ends right there. But I suppose, liberalism does make you stupid.
Thanks, FRiend, I appreciate that.
Oops! Thanks for the correction.
You are right, but I believe that most of the surviving Dam Busters went to 617 Squadron.
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