The Messed Up Origins of MATILDA

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» 0:00 - Meet Matilda
» 1:06 - Page vs Screen
» 7:04 - The Birth of the Bull
» 12:53 - Page vs Screen (Continued)
» 27:43 - Matilda Misbehavin’
» 34:41 - Censorship

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» Edited by: Jon Solo and Lu Solo
» Researched, Written, & Directed by: Jon Solo

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[kimquijano]

Made me tear up realizing how Danny devito treated little Mara in the set. A stark contrast to how those kids in nickelodeon were treated by that other guy.

[simlover]

17:53 when I learned that Danny and his wife treated her like a daughter on the set because her mom was in hospital, I loved them even more for that. They made her feel so special ❤

[Rairyuujin]

Miss Trunchbull jumping down and rocking the whole house will always be a haunting and badass sight to behold!

[erikarussell]

Danny devito and Rhea pearlman are both treasures. RIP Maura’s mama.

[retrox]

A thousand memories filled my head all at once.
90% of them being Devito

[yugenheorte]

My fave qoute from the movie is when trunchball says "im glad i was never a child" or something like that

[teresawalker]

As a parent I have and will continue to read the books the way they were first printed. If you are communicating with your children you should be prepared to ask if they understand the meaning and context. And you should be prepared to answer questions. We should not censor everything lest we have even more ignorance in our world.

[shaunalennon]

If Miss Trunchbull's ideal school is on that has no children, she should have opened a college.

[Cottontailart]

Devito did an amazing job on this movie, I could rewatch it a million times and never get bored

[erikarussell]

The people in history who have burned or heavily edited books, were never the good guys… just putting that out there. As a parent, I love my children reading challenging, and mystifying literature. Things that challenge their way of thinking and take them on a trip. One of my favorite books is ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

[staceynainlab]

I've always suspected Matilda was one of the inspirations for the Harry Potter books. child is treated badly by their horrible family. Child develops mysterious powers. Child goes to a school that at some point is taken over by a horrible female headmaster and they have to rebel against her.

[YellowBear-kxff]

Can you guys imagine a young Hermione Granger reading Matilda and seeing if SHE can move things with her mind like Matilda?

[simlover]

23:55 even though it is never confirmed that she killed magnus, the fear when she reads that line kind of proves her guilt that she was at the least involved some how

[ttan]

Fun fact: The lady (Pam Ferris) who plays Miss Trunchbull also plays Marge Dursley in Harry Potter.

[tazzyanderson]

You have to appreciate Dahl's editor 😂
Dahl: *Wrights an awful story*
Editor: No
Dahl: *Edits it into an iconic masterpiece*

On another note, a round of applause for the casting directors of Matilda!

[katieusbrownius]

One difference between the movie and the book, the brother in the book isn't a dick like the rest of the family. He's much less of a character though.

[rubenarevalo]

As a parent and avid reader I would love for my children to read the original books. Because despite what anyone may say, getting offended over nonsensical and down right flamboyant writing can show more wrong with the reader than the author...not saying the author was a nice guy, not saying that at all.

[ciarangleeson]

I really need to get this off my chest, but there ANOTHER scrapped draft of the book, that you forgot to mention. Originally, Matilda was a boy called Jimmy, and instead of having a change of heart, Jimmy would have DIED of exhaustion after using his powers to lift a truck into the air.

[DrDolan]

When a creator is dead, I can only consider it unfair to touch their creations

They're not alive to defend themselves on what they were trying to say or why they expressed themselves in a certain fashion

Best thing to do if you don't like their work is to simply not engage with it

As for me, I think I'll be reading my tykes all of Dahl's children's books

And if they feel like reading "Pig" for God knows why, they can when they're old enough

[AshParth]

I grew up with Matilda and seen the Musical movie on Netflix and now I see this all for the lore of her.
Of course, I've read a little of the book as a kid and always fun to see more deep dives into this little messed up origins of Matilda herself.
Fun times, there.