Willy Wonka Exposed: KIDS2CANDY

Everyone knows about Willy Wonka but most of us aren’t aware of the dark origins of this story and its association with cannibalism. In order to understand this, we break down a lot of Roald Dahl’s work and compare it to some other films that Tim burton has worked on to make connections that other fan theories have yet to connect. This film has been coming back to the collective conscious lately, so let’s take another look at these films with new eyes. There was always something unsettling about these films… Why was it so popular and promoted by the mainstream media as a fun children’s tale?

Who Was Roald Dahl?

Roald Dahl was a British author who penned 19 children’s books over his decades-long writing career. In 1953 he published the best-selling story collection Someone Like You and married actress Patricia Neal. He published the popular book James and the Giant Peach in 1961. In 1964 he released another highly successful work, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was later adapted for two films.

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