The children, once in the factory, are taken to the Chocolate Room, where they are introduced to Oompa Loompas, from Loompaland, who have been helping Wonka at the factory. Eventually, Charlie finds a ticket of his own. From greedy and gluttonous Augustus Gloop and spoiled Veruca Salt to gum-obsessed Violet Beauregarde and television-obsessed Mike Teavee. Charlie longs for chocolate to satisfy his hunger and to find a Golden Ticket himself, but his chances are slim (his father has recently lost his job, leaving the family all but destitute) and word on the discovery of the tickets keeps appearing in various articles read by the Bucket family. Soon after, an article in the newspaper reveals that Willy Wonka has hidden five Golden Tickets in five Wonka Bars all over the world. His Grandpa Joe often tells him stories about Wonka and his mysterious chocolate factory, how it had been shuttered for years, and how it inexplicably re-opened and resumed candy production without any evidence of employees. Charlie is fascinated by the universally-celebrated chocolate factory located in his hometown owned by famous chocolatier Willy Wonka. Dahl had been blatantly antisemitic in media interviews throughout his life, telling the New Statesman in 1983 “Hitler didn’t just pick on for no reason.Charlie Bucket lives in poverty with his parents and four grandparents in a dilapidated, tiny house. “Those prejudiced remarks are incomprehensible to us and stand in marked contrast to the man we knew and to the values at the heart of Roald Dahl's stories, which have positively impacted young people for generations,” the company wrote on its website. In 2020, the RDSC apologized for the author’s antisemitism. This is not the first time Dahl has been embroiled in controversy after his passing.
Netflix paid a reported $684 million for the Roald Dahl Story Company. That’s how much Dahl earned in 2021-even though he died in 1990-making him the highest-earning dead celebrity of that year, according to Forbes. “Our guiding principle throughout has been to maintain the storylines, characters, and the irreverence and sharp-edged spirit of the original text,” the RDSC said.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Monday, “we shouldn’t gobblefunk around with words,”-winking at the made-up language often used in Dahl’s stories-“I think it’s important that works of literature and works of fiction are preserved and not airbrushed.” Contra
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