![]() Beans that I'm guessing he has the Oompa Loompas themselves growing in some huge underground cavern. The Oompa Loompas are paid, quite literally, in beans. Wonka is effectively running a company where everyone is paid in scrip. If Willie Wonka actually hired workers and paid them a living wage, maybe Charlie Bucket wouldn't be starving to death in the first place.įollow me here. ![]() That said, allow me to tangent off and share my thoughts as a total bastard: Its it a good book to read with your kids? Absolutely. It's the story of a little boy who is in a fucking awful situation, but he is still good and kind and polite and then something really nice happens to him. It's not sanitized pablum written by committee to be inoffensive. One of the chapters is titled: The Family Begins to Starve.īut you know what? I like this book better because of that. In the winter they are cold, and they're starving to death.Īnd if you think I'm exaggerating on that last point, I'm not. Charlie sleeps on a mattress on the floor. Dahl takes pains to really detail the fact that Charlie and his family aren't just hungry and poor. It's silly, and it's fun.įor those of you who haven't read the book, let me underline this fact for you. That said, the book is really, really good. Which is something that doesn't happen very often with me. (I'm talking about the Gene Wilder version, of course.)I'll even admit to liking the movie better than the book. And it was a ton of fun.įirst off, I'll admit that I love the movie. This is the first chapter book I've read all the way through with him. It's si Tonight I just finished reading Charlie and the Chocolate factory with my son. ![]() ![]() First off, I'll admit that I love the movie. Tonight I just finished reading Charlie and the Chocolate factory with my son. ![]()
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