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Ten Little Niggers (Frank Green) 1869 | Ten Little Indians (Septimus Winner) 1868 |
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Ten little nigger boys went out to dine Nine little nigger boys sat up very late. Eight little nigger boys travelling in Devon Seven little nigger boys chopping up sticks Six little nigger boys playing with a hive Five little nigger boys going in for law Four little nigger boys going out to sea Three little nigger boys walking in the zoo Two little nigger boys sitting in the sun One little nigger boy living all alone | Ten little Injuns standin' in a line, Nine little Injuns swingin' on a gate,
Eight little Injuns gayest under heav'n, Seven little Injuns cutting up their tricks, Six little Injuns kickin' all alive, Five little Injuns on a cellar door, Four little Injuns up on a spree, Three little Injuns out in a canoe, Two little Injuns foolin' with a gun, One little Injun livin' all alone, |
I had the chance to watch the 1945 movie version and this 2015 BBC miniseries version. The 1945 one, as the whole story had to be rushed through one and a half hour duration, it failed to create depth in its storytelling. I enjoyed the 2015 one as it shows through various flashbacks what mistake each character had done wrong in their lifetime. There is a kind of moral dilemma whether what they did was wrong or justified. There was also a Tamil version of this story - 1967 Athey Kangal done in Eastman colour. If the BBC version excelled in storytelling and characterisation, the Tamil version made up in terms of pleasing eye-catching costumes and the ear-worm inducing songs and dances that have lingered in Tamil moviegoers minds all this while.
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