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BioletVeauregarde33 t1_j6kxs34 wrote

They're all completely misinterpreted because the movies didn't do the original stories justice.

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OriginalEmpress t1_j6l543p wrote

Have you read the ORIGINAL original Charlie & The Chocolate Factory?

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BioletVeauregarde33 t1_j6l6097 wrote

Yep! The Oompa Loompas were little hippie-like men!

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OriginalEmpress t1_j6l9y3n wrote

I think that was the first edit, because the original printing I have, they aren't hippies.

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BioletVeauregarde33 t1_j6mujgy wrote

Oh... I know what you're referring to.

Honestly, everything is better with the r*cism removed.

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Ramen_Rockin_Ray t1_j6ofj08 wrote

I disagree. Blazing Saddles. It only works because of the blatant racism (which is all a joke because racism is stupid)

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OriginalEmpress t1_j6n3x07 wrote

Agreed! I grew up reading the original printing, so the movie confused me as a kid. I didn't realize until I researched it as an adult that they'd changed them twice, once into the hippies for the book, then into the orange guys for the movie.

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BioletVeauregarde33 t1_j6n44ar wrote

There are so many differences from the book to the movie that Roald Dahl openly hated the latter.

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OriginalEmpress t1_j6n5ad9 wrote

I know, and I hate that because Gene Wilder is such an incredible actor, I've always wondered if Roald hating the movie made him sad at all.

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BioletVeauregarde33 t1_j6npii8 wrote

One thing I know for sure is that Gene hated the (far more accurate) 2005 version. Which is a second adaptation of the book and not a "remake" as some people like to call it.

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OriginalEmpress t1_j6p6p09 wrote

I'm with him there, the second adaptation was closer to the book, but when it strayed, it strayed in WEIRD ways.

I call that one the Daddy Issues version.

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