Roald Dahl's Antisemitic Comments: A Broadway Play

On March 24th, a new Broadway play called Giant is drawing crowds at the music box theater.

Spotlighting rolled dolls' anti-submitted comments from 1983.

The production star is John Lithgow, as the famous children's author, recreating a tense

meeting inspired by his real-life book review that shocked readers, eye-going to a light

of courting in Americans of the used and our problems.

In the story, Doll hosts his agent and an American publishing exec for Sunday lunch, as

they urge him to apologize publicly.

Directed by Nicholas Heitner, the show first opened at London's Royal Court Theatre

last year, then moved to the West End, where it picked up Olivier's, awards for best

new play and best actor.

Doll's harsh words about Jewish people and Israel sparked immediate backlash in accusations

of prejudice.

His reputation as a storyteller states strong, but the controversy lingered, even blocking

a planned commemorative coin for his centenary in Britain.

The playwright crafted Giant out of concern over anti-submitted rhetoric, blending into

debates on Israel and Palestine, well before, last October's.

Attacks in the conflicts that followed, Lithgow describes it as a gripping psychological

thrillers set around a simple meal.

Years later, Doll's family issued an apology in 2020, stressing how his words clashed

with the positive messages in his books.

Giant keeps that debate alive, showing the long shadow of spoken prejudice.

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