If you want to see the film and judge it for yourself, The Witches is currently streaming on HBO Max.
(Dahl’s original novel describes the witches as having claws but does not mention them having fewer than five fingers.)
They got that — but the film’s witch characters have begun to draw criticism from members of the disability community.
“It was never the intention for viewers to feel that the fantastical, non-human creatures were meant to represent them.
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