Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life & Times
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781568952376 (1568952376)
Publish date: August 12th 1995
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing
Pages no: 74
Edition language: English
Series: Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (#1)
Red Riding Hood said, ‘Oh, I forgot you are as optically challenged as a bat. Grandma, what big eyes you have!’this was good..! full review to come
The idea behind Politically Correct Bedtime Stories is a fun one... Take traditional fairy tales and make them politically correct to fit our modern times. Unfortunately, while the first few tales were amusing, the novelty quickly wore off. In the end, the stories just weren't memorable and blended ...
Excellent. Tous les contes de l'enfance revus et policés à la sauce politiquement correcte. Très drôle donc.
Political correctness taken to the extreme, I found this very enjoyable. Garner takes these well known tales cuts them down to the basics and waves a politically correct wand over them. Sometimes the result is satirical sometimes it is just funny.
Very slim volume - only took about an hour to read.These are short retellings of classic fairy tales, complete with twists and sly asides, poking fun of - or maybe just paying tribute to - our 'enlightened' society. The brevity of the book is probably wise, as the joke does get repetitive after a wh...
9 years ago
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