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What the culture secretary doesn’t seem to understand is that drama doesn’t need to be accurate to be true
What the world needs now is a biopic or Netflix series about Adolf Hitler that’s really nice about him. You know, fully authorised and endorsed by the family. Though, come to think of it, I’m not sure how pro-Hitler the rest of the Hitlers currently are. Or if there are any of them around. My suspicion is that any remaining Hitlers have probably gone the way of the Dahls in terms of disassociating themselves from their famous relative’s discreditable antics.
I felt a bit sorry for the Dahl family last month when they issued their apology for Roald’s antisemitic statements. The fact that they have so much financially riding on preventing Roald Dahl from being posthumously cancelled doesn’t mean that they don’t sincerely abhor his antisemitism. Statistically speaking, it’s quite unlikely that they’re secret Jew-haters only claiming to disagree with Roald for reasons of financial self-interest. It’s overwhelmingly probable that their consciences and financial self-interest are in serendipitous alignment, like when people don’t give money to tramps in case they spend it on drink. Continue reading...