The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar director Wes Anderson voices his opinion about editing Roald Dahl's books.
, a 40-minute short film he directed based on a 1977 short story written by Dahl.
During a press conference, Anderson was asked whether or not he was in favor of recent efforts to edit sensitive or offensive material out of Dahl’s work. “I’m probably the worst person to ask about this because if you ask me if Renoir should be allowed to touch up one of his pictures, I would say no,” Anderson answered. “It’s done.”
He continued, “I don’t even want the artist to modify their work. I understand the motivation for it, but I’m in the school where when the piece of work is done we participate in it. We know it. So I think when it’s done, it’s done. And certainly no one who is not an author should be modifying somebody’s book. He’s dead.”
Puffin Books announced in February 2023 that the publisher was removing words now deemed offensive in several of Dahl’s stories — including
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