Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

[dreamer_easy]

While destroying privet in the back yard, it occurred to me that there's a second punchline / bit of foreshadowing in the "It's a Small World" thing when the kids first enter the factory. The first and most obvious one is the machine breaking down and destroying the dolls; but Wonka's surprise entrance elaborates on this. As he explains, you can't see the show if you're in the show. The kids don't realise that they're not the audience - they are the show, and Wonka's the audience.

Comments

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Another thing which struck me - I'm not sure if this is true of Dante's Inferno, but in Niven and Pournelle's modern adaptation, they take the opportunity to pillory real people they dislike. The Chocolate Factory is rather like a candy-coloured Inferno, with various punishments assigned to various sins. I wonder if Dahl was also taking the opportunity for revenge on children's behaviour that he couldn't stand - surely chewing gum isn't much of a "sin", compared to Augustus Gloop's gluttony or Veruca Salt's spoiltness.

[stephanielake.livejournal.com]

yeah Violet isnt really a bad kid apart from the gum - in the first film she even insults Veruca - i like the first Violet rather than the Barbie Doll Violet in the new one too