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Summary: A Hysterical, Facetious Reflection of our own Monster
Review: "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories" is, in truth, a hilarious book that will have you busting at the seams. However, it is also a mocking reflection of the Monster we have created that we call "Political Correctness." One excerpt that had me cringing was from "Chicken Little" when Henny Penny tends her garden with "...no fertilizer, insecticide, and no herbicide and allowed the various non-edible types of wildflower (sometimes called weeds) to mingle with her food crop..." Garner is indeed hysterical, but it also makes you step back and think a minute. What has our society really become? Is it really necessary to distinguish that Little Red Riding Hood is a "person" and not a "girl?" Since when was it offensive to denote someone's gender? I salute Mr. Garner on his awesome achievement, and I hope it shakes up people's minds as much as it shakes them up with laughter.
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Summary: A Hysterical, Facetious Reflection of our own Monster
Review: "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories" is, in truth, a hilarious book that will have you busting at the seams. However, it is also a mocking reflection of the Monster we have created that we call "Political Correctness." One excerpt that had me cringing was from "Chicken Little" when Henny Penny tends her garden with "...no fertilizer, insecticide, and no herbicide and allowed the various non-edible types of wildflower (sometimes called weeds) to mingle with her food crop..." Garner is indeed hysterical, but it also makes you step back and think a minute. What has our society really become? Is it really necessary to distinguish that Little Red Riding Hood is a "person" and not a "girl?" Since when was it offensive to denote someone's gender? I salute Mr. Garner on his awesome achievement, and I hope it shakes up people's minds as much as it shakes them up with laughter.
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Summary: Very funny, boys, very funny, ha ha ha
Review: I first read some of these stories quite a while ago. I enjoyed the Snow White story quite a bit, and having spent some time in a trailer park, I can easily understand the people in Pied Piper of Hamelin. Although I am not a feminist and think personally that the old values are better than the new ones, I can still appreciate the humour in most of the stories. I can't say I enjoyed all of them though. Mostly the reason I got this book was because of the Christmas collection, which is by far the best set of these stories that James Garner has done. This section gets three of my stars. "The Night Before Solstice" is a very well-done parody. "The children were nestled all snug in their beds, dreaming of lentils and warm whole-grain breads..." He talks about how overfed Santa is and how bad smoking is for Santa's health. "Frosty the Snowman" concerns two argumentative children who build a snowman and when he tells them he's going to melt, they march to Washington to protest about abuse of the ozone layer. "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is the story of a disliked outsider who suddenly became OK to Santa when Santa could get some use out of him. But Rudolf won't have any of it. He says the deer are underprivileged and need a more flexible work schedule and a retirement plan.ù "The Nutcracker" is in here too, but at the time I read it I didn't know the real story and therefore it didn't make any impression on me. The there's "A Christmas Carol"... You know, the story that begins with that famous line: "Jacob Marley was non-viable." The ghosts try to teach him all he needs to know. The second one in particular I remember. He was a fat slob and went from house to house to raid the fridge. When all is said and done, Scrooge decides he's a victim of circumstance like Diminutive Timòn... It's all quite involved and you really have to read it for yourself. But it's very funny. I've read it many times. (I recommend that you read the real story by Dickens first - it's not that long - it will make you laugh more at the PC one.) So if for nothing else, get this for the Christmas section.
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Summary: Greatly Pleased
Review: I found this book rather enjoyable.I've grown rather tired of "happily ever after"stories.I believe that, although the magical aspects of the stories are gone, children will no longer be plagued with the false reality relayed to them through the original fairy tales.In Cinderella, for example, a young girl is led to believe that, instead of going out on her own and solving her own problems, she should wait for a man to cart her away.It may be a classic, but, like other stories, it gives the wrong message to children. In a rather humorus way, James Finn Gardner shows the reader how ridiculous society has become in its quest to become politically correct.
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Summary: Greatly Pleased
Review: I found this book rather enjoyable.I've grown rather tired of "happily ever after"stories.I believe that, although the magical aspects of the stories are gone, children will no longer be plagued with the false reality relayed to them through the original fairy tales.In Cinderella, for example, a young girl is led to believe that, instead of going out on her own and solving her own problems, she should wait for a man to cart her away.It may be a classic, but, like other stories, it gives the wrong message to children. In a rather humorus way, James Finn Gardner shows the reader how ridiculous society has become in its quest to become politically correct.
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Summary: Thes wuz an veery good book!!!
Review: i red thes book and i reely liked it. it wuz funy. i m forten yeers old. i lick banananas. i m not crazee. thankyu
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Summary: Fun at bedtime
Review: I've read the other reviews and they are all fine but, I think, miss the real pleasure of this book. It needs to be read to your spouse/lover in bed! It's witty and really, really funny and will put you in the best mood for enjoying a good night's sleep -- or whatever. Savor it one chapter at a time, over and over...
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Summary: COOL!
Review: IT WAS A REALLY NEAT BOOK, I REALLY ENJOYED I
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Summary: This is one of the funniest books I have ever read.
Review: James Finn Garner has taken the Politically Correct movement to its logical extreme in Politically Correct, the Ultimtate Storybook and shown just how truly ridiculous it is. These stories are best read aloud to a group. However, you may have trouble finishing the story due to the necessary pauses while waiting for the laughter to die down.
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Summary: No Thank you!
Review: The Brothers Grimms Fairytales should be left as they are. I hate revisionists who try to please every single ethnic group. The original stories were written over 100 years ago and are today considered to be classics. Garner is not a good writer and makes miserable attempts at re-writing these master pieces.
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