- My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl is a work defined by its unremitting misanthropy, vulgar sex scenes, and troubling sympathy for eugenics.
- The negative reviews of the book focus on its sexism, homophobia, and “glorification of rape culture.”
- In 2021, Dahl’s estate was sold to Netflix and his books have been comprehensively rewritten to suit modern sensibilities.
- Dahl’s defining quality as a writer is his cold, unsettling spikiness.
- The rewrites are a form of corporate safetyism and a newly created class of censors.
- The rewrites were likely designed to preserve the value of the “IP” as much as advance the cause of social justice.
- It is time to take Roald Dahl’s work, put it on a Viking longboat, and sail it flaming into the sunset.
Published February 21, 2023
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