For years, the director puzzled over an adaptation of “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” Then he let the characters say things they weren’t meant to.
Tag: Dahl, Roald
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What I’m Reading: Wives and Muses Edition
A look at women who inspired great art and literature and what might have been.
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Imagine What These Women Could’ve Done if They’d Had Wives
What ‘Lives of the Wives’ tells us about modern marriage.
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The Truth About the ‘Censorship’ of Roald Dahl
The corporate context in which the changes were made is what should really worry us.
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Roald Dahl’s Books Are Rewritten to Cut Potentially Offensive Language
New editions of the best-selling author’s children’s classics, including “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” have been altered to eliminate words deemed inappropriate. A backlash ensued.