Tegis Posted November 2, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2023 On 07/04/2021 at 22:30, Tegis said: Only missing Tintin in the Congo Got it now. It's very much not of these times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 2, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2023 12 minutes ago, Tegis said: Got it now. It's very much not of these times Slightly OT, but I'm just revisiting the Ian Fleming James Bond books. 'Live and Let Die' (1954), gets no further than page 6, when we encounter the line "Hardly anywhere in the world will you find a negress driving a car". The racism just ramps up from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted November 2, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2023 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Slightly OT, but I'm just revisiting the Ian Fleming James Bond books. 'Live and Let Die' (1954), gets no further than page 6, when we encounter the line "Hardly anywhere in the world will you find a negress driving a car". The racism just ramps up from there. That's funny, just read it this weekend, was in need of something fairly light. It's comically bad at times, as well as very racist. Fleming was an odd man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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