This makes me mad! We live in a nanny state of a world! My kids are not fussed by the originals that I grew up with!!! NEW Audience what a load of rubbish!!!!
LONG-loved children's book characters Mr Men have had a radical transformation in the name of political correctness.
Thirty-five years since Mr Strong, Mr Grumpy and others first hit the bookshelves, they are having digital cosmetic surgery to appear on TV.
Fans of the original books will see roly poly Mr Lazy trimmed down to a a new skinny self. Other Mr Men have undergone sex changes to address the gender imbalance.
Only 25 of the original 83 Mr Men and Little Miss characters are in the new TV series.
British company Chorion, which owns the rights to Mr Men, said characters were modernised to attract a new audience.One manager of Children's book store Mary Martin said it was ridiculous to change Roger Hargreaves' much-loved characters.
"It's treating children like idiots and makes everything bland," Kelly Heald said.
"Next on the chopping block will be the hungry caterpillar for encouraging binge eating."
The Mr Men TV series will be on Foxtel's Cartoon Network next year.
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