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*** The closest interpretation was the 1996 TV movie featuring Ted Danson, and even that one told the story differently, with Gulliver being treated as a mental patient raving about his adventures, while [[Grimmification|Grimmifying]] many elements of the tale and toning down the various elements involved in the story's ending, whether they contributed to its [[Downer Ending]] or not. {{spoiler|At the end, he's proved sane when his son finally manages to live-trap a Lilliputian sheep (which he'd brought back from that journey) and present it to the judge.}} |
*** The closest interpretation was the 1996 TV movie featuring Ted Danson, and even that one told the story differently, with Gulliver being treated as a mental patient raving about his adventures, while [[Grimmification|Grimmifying]] many elements of the tale and toning down the various elements involved in the story's ending, whether they contributed to its [[Downer Ending]] or not. {{spoiler|At the end, he's proved sane when his son finally manages to live-trap a Lilliputian sheep (which he'd brought back from that journey) and present it to the judge.}} |
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* The book ''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]'' discusses this, with the tales of a [[Bluenose Bowdlerizer]] who'd rewritten the primal and admittedly [[Nightmare Fuel|occasionally horrific]] Tales to be filled with obnoxious [[Glurge]]. Dumbledore sourly comments that hearing her versions of the Tales causes children to be filled with "an intense urge to vomit". However, the book takes a sympathetic stance on her, attributing her attitude as being caused by sneaking downstairs as a child and hearing her sisters talk about what she claims was the most bloody of the Tales, but what is implied to be details of a sexual affair. |
* The book ''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]'' discusses this, with the tales of a [[Bluenose Bowdlerizer]] who'd rewritten the primal and admittedly [[Nightmare Fuel|occasionally horrific]] Tales to be filled with obnoxious [[Glurge]]. Dumbledore sourly comments that hearing her versions of the Tales causes children to be filled with "an intense urge to vomit". However, the book takes a sympathetic stance on her, attributing her attitude as being caused by sneaking downstairs as a child and hearing her sisters talk about what she claims was the most bloody of the Tales, but what is implied to be details of a sexual affair. |
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And apparently "The Warlock's Hairy Heart" was just too gruesome for her to find a way to give it this treatment. |
:And apparently "The Warlock's Hairy Heart" was just too gruesome for her to find a way to give it this treatment. |
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== Live-Action TV == |
== Live-Action TV == |
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