They see me Roald-ing, they hating
‘The Witches’ is an adaptation of a book by beloved children’s author, Roald Dahl, who’s books have sold more than 250 million copies world wide.
4. An absolute baller
Dahl was a famous novelist, poet, and screenwriter, as well as a fighter pilot. Personally, I feel these achievements pail in comparison to his Chocolate Wrapper Ball.
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Over many years, Dahl combined all of his foil chocolate wrappers into one giant ball that weighs an absolute tonne and looks like a canon ball. That is everything I want for my life, and more.
5. Not so sweet…
Not everything about Dahl was white so sweet. His work for children, for example, is famously dark and macabre. Other Dahl adaptations include ‘Matilda’ in 1996, feat. the terrifying Trunchball and that disturbing scene in which Bruce Bogtrotter was forced to gorge himself on cake to a genuinely death defying extent.
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And, the Gene Wilder ‘Charlie and the Chocolate factory’. The less said about that scene on the paddle boat, the better.
6. Roald-ing his eyes
Despite initial enthusiasm, Dahl fell out with the makers of ‘The Witches’ over the movie’s ending. In the book, the little boy lives out the rest of his days as a mouse, and the film changes it to have a happier, less psychologically scaring conclusion. Dahl was not down for this.
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