Legendary director Wes Anderson is defending famed author Roald Dahl against attempts to censor his work, Entertainment Weekly reported.
Anderson is currently debuting his second film adaptation of a Dahl story, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”, according to EW. During a press-conference to promote the film, Anderson fielded questions about recent attempts by “sensitivity readers” to remove “offensive” language from Dahl’s books.
“I don’t even want the artist to modify their work,” Anderson said, according to Variety. “I understand the motivation for it, but I am in the school where when the piece of work is done and the audience participates in it, we know it — I sort of think what’s done is done.” He added, “And certainly, no one besides the author should be modifying the work — he’s dead.” (RELATED: Publisher Of Roald Dahl’s Books Make…
