Oscar-nominated filmmaker Phil Johnston, known for Zootopia and Wreck-It Ralph, adapts Roald Dahl s The Twits into an animated Netflix feature arriving in 2025. It s the first screen adaptation of Dahl s book, a global bestseller in 41 languages, has been animated by Jellyfish Pictures. The film portrays the antics of Mr. and Mrs. Twit and their impact on a brave group battling cruelty.
and they re getting their ideal ideas from tiktok and twitter frinking that we rwoe all on those platforms and they live in these bubbles and that twits what they re projecting at least the make up a drag queen doing makeup, at least makes more sense than a than a transgender shilling bud light. i mean, i at least understand that. but as ricky said, the market will respond, sowhatt we ll wait to see what the market does. it did. that s what bud light of america doesn heett it? ameri we won t buy itca. okay. i m going to start to myself and your podcast. listen to yourself, okay. thank you, ricky. thank you as well. straight ahead tonight, scandals questions swirlingdals, around the bidens foreign business deals. they re not going away well. explain that. don t forget, next tuesday we re hitting the road. als.will be in cedar rapids, io, with former president donald j. trump. i m on the road all the time. i am not the best leader. my wife and kids will tell you i m not the
i ve come to the conclusion that it s real. there s too much commitment. and there was that interview mentioned, where this guy says they re not real, they re not prosthetic at all. and i did google that, and there is a condition that would explain that. what is it called? lying. [laughter] that s what it s known as. greg: yeah. andrew: what s been really interesting to me as a reaction from the school board, because they ve been so determined to defend the teacher, saying this is a minority group, this is an oppressed minority, someone who is vulnerable, and that the media shouldn t be talking about it. we should leave them alone. look at this person. clearly there is a point because this is the sort of person that hates being the center of attention. greg: exactly. leave me alone! know what they are? they are the canadian version of meghan markle and prince harry. andrew: that s right. greg: who are also two [bleep]. at least one person applauded. i think in england that
wanted to change? wanted to change? one of the main things wanted to change? one of the main things they wanted to change? one of the main things they did wanted to change? one of the main things they did as - wanted to change? one of the main things they did as they i main things they did as they removed the references to the characters appearances and white, so for example in the twits, the female character is no longer called ugly, take charlie and the chocolate factory, we ve got augustus 6loop, he is no longer called fat but he is now enormous, and the plumper, they are gender neutral. why? because of the criticism they received. many people felt very strongly about it, they called this censorship, they said it is precisely the gruesome and the nasty elements of the books that make them so fun and so popular with children. so, after about a week of fierce debate, the publisher made a u turn and said they were going to publish both versions and to give readers the choice, th
so what they do is they go through books and they identify elements that could be offensive, such as violence, race, gender, and that is what they did with his books. so about a week ago, roald dahl book publishers said that they had updated a bunch of his novels so they would be more suitable for a modern audience. some of the people who were critical about this move say that one of the attractions about roald dahl as an author is his exciting use of language, whether it is made up words like gobblefunk or whether it is really descriptive language that just engages children, so what were some of the words that the publishers wanted to change? one of the main things they did was they removed the references to the characters s appearance and weight, so for example, if you take the book the twits one of the female characters is no longer called ugly. and take charlie and the chocolate factory, we have got augustus gloop, he is no longer called fat but he is now enormous.