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To think that Wonka was unnecessarily sexual for a kids film?

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Bambooshoot · 10/12/2023 15:32

Just seen Wonka with my son snd really enjoyed it, (loved High Grant as an Oompa Loompa, even though I usually don’t like him, he was perfect!!) . . . but I was wondering why they needed to shoehorn some weirdly sexual stuff into a kids film?

I’m talking about why they had to make the other chocolatiers so demonstratively sexual (dancing with fans up their arses/crowbarring in homosexuality etc) instead of just making them wonderfully evil, (which is quite possible to do), and why all that nonsense with the couple running the workhouse getting all steamy, and him in shorts and close ups of him bending over etc? The original film had nothing on a sexual level unless I missed it, and I can’t see why it was needed here, my son didn’t find it funny, just “cringe” and he hated the bit where they kissed at the end. What was it for? I thought it kind of spoiled the film. I used to be very open minded, have I just become a massive prude in my (relatively) old age?!!

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ichundich · 13/12/2023 10:48

Well, if Johnny Depp isn't queer in the Tim Burton movie, I don't know! Didn't notice anything overly "sexual" in Wonka. The only criticism that might be justified in my opinion is the fact that the main character isn't as dark as Roald Dahl might have envisaged. But maybe he'll have changed in the sequel...

Roundycippae · 13/12/2023 11:39

John Depp the wife beater? - nah, not queer, we don’t want him. You guys can keep him.

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