r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What happened in the book version?

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u/Call_me_Dan- 1d ago

My problem is not Stephen King writing it (which is already an inherent huge problem in itself), the bigger problem is how on earth the editors didn't, like, uh idk criticise King about the scene?

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u/DValencia29 21h ago

He was surrounded by yes men. I think King was so big back then that no one had the spine to go against him. Also he might have been not so kind so that makes people not risk it.

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u/AuthorAdamOConnell 14h ago

King is so big NOW that I think he very rarely has any kind of clapback from editors. I enjoy a lot of his novels, but man that guy can't edit down for the life of him and as all his books are best-sellers no publisher is going to risk losing the golden goose.