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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The use of the "n-word" in the King of Hearts' recitation of the rhyme in "[[The Hall of Dolls]]" was still considered acceptable at the time of the original [[1966 (releases)|1966]] broadcast of ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]''. Although the rhyme is still present on [[AudioGO|BBC Audio]]'s 2001 CD soundtrack release of the story, this section has been obscured by [[Peter Purves]]'s narration to correspond to modern views on the use of the "n-word". | * The use of the "n-word" in the King of Hearts' recitation of the rhyme in "[[The Hall of Dolls]]" was still considered more or less acceptable in Britain at the time of the original [[1966 (releases)|1966]] broadcast of ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]''.{{Note|On the other hand, in America the word had been widely acknowledged as a slur by this point, but it is impossible to know whether the authors were aware of this.}} Although the rhyme is still present on [[AudioGO|BBC Audio]]'s 2001 CD soundtrack release of the story, this section has been obscured by [[Peter Purves]]'s narration to correspond to modern views on the use of the "n-word". | ||
* In [[Gerry Davis]] and [[Alison Bingeman]]'s 1986 novelisation of ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (novelisation)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'', the King of Hearts recites only the opening line "Eeny, meeny, miney, mo". | * In [[Gerry Davis]] and [[Alison Bingeman]]'s 1986 novelisation of ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (novelisation)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'', the King of Hearts recites only the opening line "Eeny, meeny, miney, mo". | ||
==Notes== | |||
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[[Category:Nursery rhymes]] | [[Category:Nursery rhymes]] | ||
[[Category:Poetry from the real world]] | [[Category:Poetry from the real world]] | ||