'Woke' Willy Wonka: Roald Dahl Controversy, Piav Qhia

Cov menyuam yaus cov phau ntawv sau los ntawm Roald Dahl, xws li Charlie thiab Chocolate Factory thiab Matilda, tab tom rov sau dua tshiab kom tshem tawm cov lus uas muaj feem cuam tshuam, ib qho kev txav uas ua rau cov neeg nyeem tsis txaus siab thoob plaws hauv internet.

Cov kev hloov pauv tau ua los ntawm tus tshaj tawm, Puffin, thiab Roald Dahl Story Company, uas tam sim no muaj los ntawm Netflix; lub streaming loj heev tau txais cov khoom vaj khoom tsev hauv 2021 rau kev tshaj tawm txog $ 1 nphom, thiab npaj yuav siv Dahl cov dab neeg ua lub launchpad rau "kev tsim lub ntiaj teb tshwj xeeb thoob plaws cov yeeb yaj kiab thiab ua yeeb yaj kiab thiab TV, tshaj tawm, kev ua si, kev paub dhau los, kev ua yeeb yam nyob, cov khoom siv thiab ntau dua."

Dab tsi tau hloov lawm?

Cov neeg nyeem rhiab heev tau combed dhau tej hauj lwm ntawm Dahl, thiab smoothed hla cov npoo ntawm ib tug notoriously ntse, spiky sau, tshem tawm cov lus thiab ntxiv tag nrho cov nqe lus; Augustus Gloop tsis yog "rog," nws "loj heev" (tseem zoo li txhais tau tias, tab sis ok), thaum Mrs Twit los ntawm Cov Tweets tsis yog "dab tuag," tsuas yog "beastly."

Txhua tus niam txiv uas tau nyeem Dahl phau ntawv rau lawv cov menyuam paub tias muaj cov tirades deranged nestled ntawm cov dab neeg zoo, zoo li rab chais hniav muab zais rau hauv ib lub ncuav qab zib succulent. Dahl yog ib tus kws sau ntawv tsis zoo, xav tsis thoob uas, qee zaum, mus rau qhov txawv txav uas nws ua rau cov menyuam yaus txaus ntshai, lossis cuam tshuam lub cev zoo nkauj ncaj qha rau kev tsim txiaj.

Qee cov lus hloov, txawm li cas los xij, zoo li tsis muaj txiaj ntsig ntau. Cov lus "dub" thiab "dawb" raug tshem tawm; BFG tsis hnav lub tsho dub, rau qee yam, thiab cov cim tsis tig "dawb nrog kev ntshai," Daily Telegraph tshaj tawm.

Thaum Matilda, cov tub ntxhais hluas txawj ntse, pom nws txoj kev mob siab rau kev nyeem ntawv, nws tsis ploj mus lawm hauv kev sau ntawv ntawm Joseph Conrad thiab Rudyard Kipling; ob tug tau hloov los ntawm Jane Austen thiab John Steinbeck.

Hauv Twitter, cov neeg tawm tswv yim thuam qhov kev hloov pauv rau Dahl cov phau ntawv li "sawv los"thiab" absurd." Daily Telegraph arts thiab entertainment editor Anita Singh tau sau tias: "Qhov uas ua rau kuv ntxhov siab txog kev hloov pauv Roald Dahl yog qhov lawv ruam npaum li cas. Ib qho kev txwv rau lo lus 'rog' tseem khaws cia rau hauv seem ntawm cov lus piav qhia uas Augustus Gloop yog rog kom meej.

Tus sau Salman Rushdie tau sau tias, "Roald Dahl tsis yog tus tim tswv tab sis qhov no yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg censorship. Puffin Phau Ntawv thiab Dahl vaj tse yuav tsum txaj muag. "

Tus kws tshaj lij kev cai lij choj Matt Bors tau hais tawm qhov kev hloov kho raws li "kev ua phem thiab txaj muag uas tsis tuaj yeem txhawb nqa nyob rau lub sijhawm muaj kev txwv loj heev ntawm phau ntawv txwv."

Tsis muaj kev sib cais ntawm txoj cai-wingers thiab kev vam meej; Feem coob ntawm cov neeg thuam tau hais txog kev txhawj xeeb tias Dahl cov kev hloov kho yuav teeb tsa ua ntej, qhov chaw ua haujlwm tuaj yeem hloov pauv hauv kev teb rau kev hloov pauv huab cua mus ib txhis.

Qhov no tsis yog thawj zaug Dahl cov dab neeg tau raug kho kom tshem tawm cov khoom ua phem; lub iconic hu nkauj, seev cev Oompa-Loompas ntawm Wonka lub chaw tsim khoom chocolate yog Ameslikas piav raws li African Pygmy neeg, leej twg Wonka "smuggled" tawm ntawm Africa nyob rau hauv crates. Hauv xyoo 1973 hloov kho ntawm phau ntawv, Dahl rov sau Oompa-Loompas ua cov tsiaj zoo heev, zoo li pixies lossis dwarves.

Tsis muaj dab tsi poob rau hauv qhov kev hloov pauv no, ib sab ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg, txawm hais tias nws yog qhov tseem ceeb uas Dahl nws tus kheej tau xaiv los hloov kho. Nws tsis yog thawj zaug uas tus sau nthuav tawm nws qhov kev xav loj; Dahl kuj tau tawm tsam Semitic heev, thiab muaj npe nrov rau kev ua cov lus tawm tsam Semitic shockingly. Dahl tsev neeg thov txim sawv cev ntawm tus sau xyoo 2020.

Rau tag nrho nws qhov kev txhaum, Dahl ua tau zoo ntawm kev sau cov neeg sib tw uas ua tus qauv ua yeeb yam txaus ntshai, tab sis cov cim tseem ceeb heev.

Dahl's macabre dab neeg yog brimming nrog kev tsim txom, ntxub cov neeg laus uas prey rau cov me nyuam mos; cov npoo ntse yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev paub. Thaum nyeem ntawv Charlie thiab Chocolate Factory, nws pom tseeb tias muaj qee yam tsis raug nrog Willy Wonka; nws zoo nkaus li txhob txwm thawb cov menyuam no rau hauv kev ntxias, rau nws tus kheej kev lom zem.

Dahl txoj kev kho nrog rau txim rau cov menyuam yaus hauv nws zaj dab neeg rau kev ua txhaum ntawm "chewing gum," ua "rog" thiab "saib TV" tau nthuav tawm zoo kawg, tsis yog hais txog Dahl tus kheej pathologies, tab sis hais txog qhov txias, tsis muaj kev hlub tshua nws loj hlob nyob rau hauv.

Zaj dab neeg ntawm Wonka lub Hoobkas chocolate tsis muaj sijhawm, tab sis ntau lub ntsiab lus tau muaj hnub nyoog tsis zoo, vim tias phau ntawv yog cov khoom ntawm lub sijhawm sib txawv; yuav tsum tsis txhob muab tej hauj lwm no tso tseg, yog li ntawd peb thiaj to taub ntau npaum li cas yam tau hloov?

Yog tias cov tshaj tawm yuav ua kom zoo dua tag nrho cov npoo ntawm cov dab neeg classic, peb kuj tseem tuaj yeem tso cov ntawv tseeb sau rau AI sludgebots, thiab ua tiav nrog nws. Tom qab tag nrho, tsis muaj kev txaus ntshai nyob rau hauv cia cov dab neeg qub uas muaj hnub nyoog phem; cov dab neeg tshiab uas qhia txog qhov muaj txiaj ntsig zoo zuj zus thiab cuam tshuam cov kab mob phem tau tshwm sim txhua lub sijhawm; Niaj hnub no lub cosmic ntshai heev yog imbued nrog lub existential ntshai ntawm HP Lovecraft, tsis muaj kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg.

Nws yuav tsum tau muab sau tseg tias qhov rhiab heev rau Dahl cov hauj lwm tsis tau ua nyob rau hauv teb rau ib tug phiaj los nqis tes thov ib tug kinder, gentler Roald Dahl. Qhov no yog kev txiav txim siab ua lag luam, kev sim ua kom Dahl txoj haujlwm zoo siab rau cov neeg tuaj saib thoob plaws, rooj plaub ntawm kev saib xyuas cov txiaj ntsig ua ntej ntawm kev ncaj ncees, yuav ua rau Netflix lub ntiaj teb cinematic tuaj yeem vam meej, tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam cov neeg siv khoom.

Qhov no yog kev ua lag luam ntawm kev ua haujlwm, tsis yog "woke snowflakes."

Tom qab tag nrho, niaj hnub no cov me nyuam ntsib ib tug chaotic media toj roob hauv pes muaj teeb meem ntau dua Dahl lub perverse obsessions; TikTok ntuav tawm Andrew Tate clips, radicalizing cov menyuam hnub nyoog 11 xyoos mus rau misogynists, thiab YouTube yog churning tawm npau suav phem roj ntawm teev.

Cov ntsiab lus ceeb toom thaum pib ntawm Dahl cov phau ntawv yuav muaj tseeb txaus, raws li nws ua rau kev ua phem rau Disney cartoons; yog cov me nyuam muaj hnub nyoog txaus los nyeem thiab txaus siab rau Dahl cov dab neeg, lawv laus txaus los nkag siab cov ntsiab lus.