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>[scared the bejeezus out of me when I was little, I didn't realise for some time it was pure satire and no adult would be expected to understand him]. Yeah, a
by secabeen 9y ago
>[scared the bejeezus out of me when I was little, I didn't realise for some time it was pure satire and no adult would be expected to understand him].
Yeah, as a kid, I too thought Wonka was serious. It took viewing it as a much older person to see the satire there.
- justinjlynn 9y agoI thought the most ironic part of applying it to this situation is that, just like in the story, the rules were then changed to suit the whim of the enforcer. Meaning, of course, that the rules never meant anything anyway, except to the disadvantage of one party.