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Topic: roald dahl

The Witches, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Matilda (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/HBO Max)

Bait and switch censorship of Roald Dahl

Alison Stine
The first edition book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and the original hero Golden Egg from the film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)

Dahl’s books rewritten for sensitivity

Kelly McClure
Mice Bruno, Daisy and Hero Boy in "The Witches" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

"The Witches" gives the darkness we need

Ashlie D. Stevens
Peter Ostrum and Gene Wilder in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (Paramount Pictures/Guy Woodhouse)

Willy Wonka and whitewashing

Leigh C. Anderson
Gene Wilder in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (Paramount Pictures)

Willy Wonka deserved an Oscar

Steve Almond
"The BFG" (Disney)

"B.F.G." is a return to form

Robert Levin
Bertie Carvel, center, during a performance of "Matilda, the Musical," in New York. (AP/Joan Marcus)

Eliot Glenn