How Matilda: The Musical Compares to the Original Book
8 Differences Between "Matilda: The Musical" and the Original Roald Dahl Book
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After a reign of terror, Miss Trunchbull is finally defeated thanks to Matilda's powers. In both the book and the movie, Matilda uses her telekinesis to manipulate a piece of chalk, writing on the blackboard, and threatening Miss Trunchbull by pretending to be the ghost of Magnus Honey. In the book, Trunchbull faints in fear and then flees, but in the movie musical, Matilda takes it a step further, making a bunch of chains move around and coalesce into a "ghostly" figure to chase Trunchbull.