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| Subject: Kids Don't Need Political Correctness, Just Ask Roald Dahl Sun May 08, 2016 7:56 pm | |
| One farmer is enormously fat, another is boozy and the third is a pot-bellied dwarf. Then there is the grandmother described as 'an old hag' and likened to a witch. This vitriol is not spouted by internet trolls or sparring bogans, but is used by Roald Dahl to describe characters in two of his most popular books, Fantastic Mr Fox and George's Marvelous Medicine.
Dahl pulls no punches in describing his characters' physical and mental shortcomings, regardless of the age or sensitivities of his young readers. And if the sales of the books, which have reached more than 200 million worldwide is anything to judge by, that it is exactly what they want.
In the stage show based on Dahl's book, Matilda sings:
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