Candy death trap

“The suspense is terrible I hope it lasts” One thing that always surprises me when I watch Willy Wonka is how surprisingly dark it is. Some kid got turned into delicious chocolate, another turned into a blueberry, 2 people maybe burns to death in the furnace, finally the last kid to go is shrunk . Only the skinny Charlie survives the tasty deathtrap that is the Willy Wonka factory. It was a test all along and Charlie passes by about a hair when he lets his everlasting gobstopper go instead of trying to get money for his poor family, because he wants do right by Willy Wonka. Reseing some of these classic scenes from my childhood now, makes me realize just how funny as well as somewhat disturbing some of these situations really are. Wonka’s lack of seriousness when these horrifying dangers were present was quite comical in response to the parent’s screams of terror. As a kid I never noticed these subtle jokes, or for that matter the artistic work that went into this. Some of the set work, the candy teacup, and candy mushrooms, as well as the chocolate river must have been quite a bit of work. I would be interested to find out how they made these things, and how they decided to pick the color.