Loved the annotated script pages. I especially got curious about what was cut out. It seems to be mainly exposition and filler dialogue. That there is a lesson in screenwriting.
I’m also weary of changing past work to cater to contemporary sensibilities. It’s like altering history. Imagine all the Victorian stories are altered to include an African cast in the ranks of British nobility like Bridgerton did. In some generations we’ll forget there was slavery. We should be able to look at the past with a clear eye and see what was what.
Very interesting, also thank you for posting the screen play. It's appalling to change (or update) an author's works for any reason. Trying to make reality into a bad Hallmark movie has to stop.
Entirely agree with you - reality should not be white-washed, it should be acknowledged, reckoned with and learned from. As for Dahl's books - they often offer harsh twists and uncomfortable turns - and terms (from the pov of today's sensibilities) - but those are the very moments that make the books so memorable - changing any word of his work is abhorrent to me.
Loved the annotated script pages. I especially got curious about what was cut out. It seems to be mainly exposition and filler dialogue. That there is a lesson in screenwriting.
I’m also weary of changing past work to cater to contemporary sensibilities. It’s like altering history. Imagine all the Victorian stories are altered to include an African cast in the ranks of British nobility like Bridgerton did. In some generations we’ll forget there was slavery. We should be able to look at the past with a clear eye and see what was what.
You posted what I was trying to convey in such an elegant manner.
Thanks :) I must say though that I loved the mixed race cast in Bridgerton and the glimpse it gave into what could have been...
Very interesting, also thank you for posting the screen play. It's appalling to change (or update) an author's works for any reason. Trying to make reality into a bad Hallmark movie has to stop.
Entirely agree with you - reality should not be white-washed, it should be acknowledged, reckoned with and learned from. As for Dahl's books - they often offer harsh twists and uncomfortable turns - and terms (from the pov of today's sensibilities) - but those are the very moments that make the books so memorable - changing any word of his work is abhorrent to me.