We follow a group of charismatic developers who won’t let the problem (for eg) of a little housing estate stand in their way.Ī Sapphic erotic thriller starring Miss Honey. Unfortunately, from under their hats they are being controlled by rats.įantastic Mr Foxtons – think post-Brexit Grand Designs shot with a glam-cam. Shaved, scrubbed, in sensible shackets and manicured nails, they appear the image of respectability. Once, they were known as the Twits, now Julian and Gabby are famous for their delicious pasta recipes and achievable interior design hacks. First though, there are scores to settle. Scarred, angry and very very small, soon he will take over the world. He may be trapped within a glassy cage, but from there he has the power to control the media from the inside. Once a boy banished for loving screens too much, now his time has come. It’s an antique monitor and from deep within, Mike Teavee is waking up. Then, from the dust, the crackle of static. Too many, some say, for a children’s chocolate factory tour. Red tape flutters: there were a lot of deaths here. OK, the year is 2071 and we open on the smouldering site where a factory once stood. We’ll call them the Great Glass Elevator Pitches:
Which gives us room to spread out across the boardroom, and, why not, pitch a spin-off or two. Indeed Wonka (a prequel starring Timothée Chalamet) went into production this week. But the books are good enough, on certain days, that the personal moralities of their author may be put aside. In 1983 Dahl said: “There’s a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity… I mean there is always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason.” And then, to clarify: “I’ve become antisemitic.” Which was a shame. In the stories, characters are punished for such various crimes as: evil, watching TV, and chewing gum while female. There’s been criticism for racism, misogyny, classism, and more.
This, of course, despite the rottenness which sits so uncomfortably alongside his subversive fairytales. They are unsentimental and arch, rife with bad parents, repulsive adults and disgusting children – in 2000 Dahl was voted Britain’s favourite author. Dark and sticky stories about chocolate, rudeness and revenge, all written in the small garden hut that contained a chair, a ball of sweet wrappers, and a jar holding pieces of his own spine. N etflix has bought the Roald Dahl Story Company, with plans to create a Disney-style “universe” of films and shows based on his stories.
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