Aaron

Which I thought was such a sensitive and vulnerable thing to say.

And the reviews were magnificent.

Yeah, we went to see it on Broadway the other night.

And when your character comes in, it's the climax of the whole playa.

It's the very end.

And you could hear a pin drop in the theater.

All thousand people are glued to the stage.

Did he sound like you?

Yeah, I think so.

I think Richard Hope is English.

And I have a sort of a slight lisp.

And I have a sort of lower middle, upper working class East London accent, which has been refined over the years, I suppose.

But not easy for an American to get that.

You don't have to.

It doesn't have to be that.

So a listener to our show wrote in asking about how to reconcile Dahl's bigotry with his art.

You've experienced Dahl's antisemitism firsthand.

And I'm curious if you have any opinions on the subject.

Are you, for instance, are you still interested or able to read Dahl's books or see the film adaptations without thinking about Dahl's antisemitism?

Or, you know, I'm just curious for how it's affected you.