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ZeroCool@feddit.ch to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 2年前

Prequel Depicts Young Willy Wonka Using Rich Father’s Investment To Buy Already-Successful Chocolate Factory

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Prequel Depicts Young Willy Wonka Using Rich Father’s Investment To Buy Already-Successful Chocolate Factory

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ZeroCool@feddit.ch to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 2年前
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BURBANK, CA—Delving into the eccentric character’s backstory to explain how he became so famous, a new prequel from Warner Bros. tells the tale of a young Willy Wonka using his rich father’s money to purchase an already-successful chocolate factory, which he renames after himself. “Wonka is the origin story of the…
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  • OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world
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    Willy Wonka and Venture Capitalism

    • gibmiser@lemmy.world
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      Oompa loompa doompety doo We have a perfect deal for you Oompa loompa doompety dee If you are wise you’ll listen to me

      What do you get when you buy a company That is struggling to make any money? You strip it down and sell all of its parts And pocket all of the profits with no remorse

      You don’t care about the workers’ fate You only care about the growth rate You know that greed is good and right You sleep so soundly every night

      Oompa loompa doompety da If you are greedy you will go far You will live in happiness too Like the Oompa Loompa Doompety do Doompety do

      • Tronn4@lemmy.world
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        This guy Oompas

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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        Wrong set! You’re supposed to be on the set of Pretty Woman!

    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social
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      Willy Wonka and the Anti-Trust Suit

      • Poggervania@kbin.social
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        Willy Wonka 2: Da Search For More Money

    • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jbGyLayKjE

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    It’s not a true Wonka movie until they start killing off kids. It’s a low bar, haven’t seen this version, hoping they clear it in glorious Wonka fashion.

    • smock9@lemm.ee
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      Depends on what you believe about Snowpiercer https://youtu.be/jEX52h1TvuA?si=_fq8mzV8saPiFElz

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      Funding education: Willy Wonka no

      Child murder: Willy Wonka yes

  • TrismegistusMx@slrpnk.net
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    Don’t forget the neoliberal fantasy of a gleeful slave class who work for food.

    • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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      I suppose in that specific sense, the Oompa Loompas aren’t even that unrealistic a portrayal of how chocolate gets produced.

    • LinkOpensChest.wav
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      Sure the Oompa Loompas are dying in forced labor, but this is the Best System in the World™

  • thesprongler@lemmy.world
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    But this one explains how he hoodwinks a culture into indentured servitude (I assume)!

    • EatYouWell@lemmy.world
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      Drugs, probably. Or just took a page from the Christianity playbook.

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    I loved the first one so much, then they made a remake to expand on Mysterous Bombadil Candy past… Man I don’t need to know Tom Bombadil’s backstory, I don’t want to know about wonka’s powercreep. NOW THEY ARE MAKING A THIRD REMAKE, AND A SEQUIL BOOK HAS EXISTED THIS WHOLE TIME. This and Trolls just cashing in on that nostalgia is all they know how to do with kids. Turning Red got bawked at but I keep seeing nothing but hype for this crap.

    • Kiosade@lemmy.ca
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      It’s because society shits on anything made for or loved by Teen girls. It’s pretty fucked up honestly.

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    Did anyone here even watch the Movie?

    • Monkeyhog@lemmy.world
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      Why on earth would anyone do that?

    • June@lemm.ee
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      I did and I enjoyed it well enough for what it is.

      That said, it is not a Willy Wonka movie. It’s something new with the same name.

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      I saw the trailer and it was absolute dogshit.

      • Nobsi@feddit.de
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        So you didn’t see it. Thanks. Proves my point

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          Happy to help. Not sure what point we’re proving? That even the trailer is unwatchable?

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            That y’all are as shallow and dumb as the kids that hated justin bieber back in the day.

            • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              That doesn’t not follow from the previous statements.

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    Just watched this movie today and loved it. Don’t understand the hate in the comments. Oompa Lumpa song and dance, check. Crazy chocolates that make people float and shit, check. Willy Wonka doing weird shit and near-magical feats, check. It’s a great movie.

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