Of course, something that was considered racially problematic pre-1940 has not become less so with the passing of years. And then there are the figurines at the center of the table … They’re constantly singing and reciting it. A copy of the rhyme hangs in each guest’s room.
The remote isle where the characters are taken is now called Soldier Island-but you do the math. Even so, consider the sheer number of times the epithet is referenced in the novel. Perhaps you’ve seen the BBC miniseries previewed above. “Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None,” is, of course, Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians-which was originally, notoriously, released serially in the UK under the title Ten Little Niggers. (This was the British music-hall version of the minstrel song.) Even in 1939, this title was considered too offensive for American publication.Ĭhristie’s work is not known for its racial sensitivity, and by modern standards her oeuvre is rife with casual Orientalism. With all the controversy surrounding the renaming of problematic buildings, it seems fitting to draw attention to another bit of suspicious rebranding. By Sadie Stein FebruOur Daily Correspondent
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