Emma Thompson’s sadistic Agatha Trunchbull follows in the tradition of the Brothers Grimm, Stephen King and M3gan – but graphic scenes of abuse should not be seen as entertainment
Emma Thompson as Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical.T
This literary interest in child abuse extends back a long way: in Grimms’ fairy tales, The Juniper Tree is a story where a boy is decapitated by his stepmother before being chopped up and cooked in a stew which is then served to his father.
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