Miss Trunchbull
Madeleine's Year 3 afternoon honour Roald Dahl, who the kids have been studying, with performance and song. Here, our hero plays Miss Trunchbull. Recall Trunchbull from Dahl's "Matilda": When Matilda's teacher appeals for Matilda to be moved up in school, the cold and bitter headmistress (pictured) refuses. Miss Trunchbull's treatment of her students border-line child abuse, tossing youngsters out of windows and locking wrongdoers in a closet lined with spikes, called "The Chokey." Trunchbull gets away with it because the stories of her abuse sound too far-fetched for parents to believe. She also tries to exploit students' weaknesses, forcing an overweight Bruce Bogtrotter to eat a gigantic, multi-layered chocolate confection before the entire school - he succeeds, much to her annoyance. Miss Trunchbull stops short of physically beating the children only because it is illegal - she is often frustrated by this. To make matters worse for Matilda, Miss Trunchbull has bought a defective used car from Matilda's father and because of this has developed an irrational hatred for for Matilda.
