Roald Dahl was a misanthrope. His books are dark fantasies of cruelty. The movies made from these books are nowhere near as mean, and that’s a problem. At least Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman get to play dumb-dumbs in Matilda.
–December 31, 2018
Reflections of a writer, reader, parent, teacher.
Roald Dahl was a misanthrope. His books are dark fantasies of cruelty. The movies made from these books are nowhere near as mean, and that’s a problem. At least Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman get to play dumb-dumbs in Matilda.
–December 31, 2018
"These are the words I said to you," sayeth the Curator, Garrett Chaffin-Quiray