Matilda, Roald Dahl’s 1988 creation, is confronting Donald Trump in Great Missenden.
The reimagining of the telekinetic schoolgirl, and whom she would be facing off with, was decided upon by the public. Donald Trump topped the poll, followed closely by Teresa May, and Piers Morgan.
Dahl lived in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire for 36 years, making it the perfect place for the temporary statues. The statues are positioned in a field opposite the town’s library- the very building that inspired the library Matilda visited, age four years and three months.
Bernie Hall, of The Roald Dahl Story Company, said:
“Matilda demonstrates that it’s possible for anyone, no matter how small and powerless they feel, to defeat the Trunchbulls in their own lives – a message that feels even more relevant today than it did 30 years ago.”
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