My Willy Wonka Fan Theory

I love Willy Wonka. It is one of the most magical and heartwarming movies of all time.  And like Indiana Jones and Star Wars, we ignore the latest installment.  There are a lot of interesting fan theories out there about this movie none of which I think are meant to be taken seriously.  However I’d like to drop one of my own theories.  Again I think the movie is pretty clear on it’s meaning and in no way do I believe that this is what the movie really means.  My theory is that the contest was rigged and Willy Wonka had no intention of giving his factory to anyone but Charlie.  Charlie was a local boy and Wonka saw him out working hard to provide for his family, using his paycheck responsibly, and being a good kid, while all the other kids were out binging on candy and just doing as they pleased.  He saw that Charlie had the work effort and responsibility to run a factory with the right training and as he said in the end he couldn't do it forever.  He then had to find a way to find out whether or not he was right about Charlie, so he sent out his golden tickets and chose each child he wanted.  He sent out his “Slugworth” to find these children and ensure that they got the golden tickets, how else do you explain the fact that “Slugworth” was in the exact right place at the exact right time and he knew exactly what to offer each child to make them slip up.  Wonka then designed his factory to tailor to each kid’s weakness.  I’m suggesting that the reason the sets look like sets is because they are, they were designed by Wonka to cause the other kids to fail to warn Charlie of different dangers and the real factory is what we saw in the opening credits.  He knew that these were sets, that’s why he doesn't seem concerned when all of the other children nearly die.  He also set up a test for Charlie and he failed this upset Wonka leading to his blow-up in the office however Wonka had planned on this contingency and had a chance for redemption already set up, the everlasting gobstopper.  These were fake candies he gave to the children in case Charlie failed his fizzy lifting test.  He knew he didn't  When Charlie passed this test Wonka realized he was right about Charlie and gave him his factory as he had always intended.  Of course this theory is debunked by the last scene, but whatever.

have to make real candy because he knew that the other children would give them to Slugworth proving that they cared more about money than they did about making children happy with candy.