{"id":839,"date":"2011-05-04T16:54:42","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T16:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steampunkopera.wordpress.com\/?p=839"},"modified":"2011-05-04T16:54:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T16:54:42","slug":"willy-wonka-the-chocolate-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulshapera.com\/temp\/willy-wonka-the-chocolate-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Willy Wonka &#038; The Chocolate Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s\u00a0the\u00a0scariest move you&#8217;ve ever seen? A lot of people say The Exorcist. And that&#8217;s a pretty scary movie. But for me, hands down, it is the classic Willy Wonka &amp; The Chocolate Factory. You know, the OLD one.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelaymansanswerstoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1WonkaByPsychedelicBoat.jpg?resize=400%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/>The one they played on TV every single year when i was a child. So there i am, little 4 year old Paul and my mommy sees a nice children&#8217;s movie is scheduled to be aired on TV. So she sits little innocent Paul down and he watches it.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of insanely boring crap at the beginning, some crappy songs (i&#8217;m thinking of you, &#8216;Cheer Up Charlie&#8217;), but the golden ticket is cool, and YAY! Charlie gets the golden ticket! Happy little 4 year old Paul! Charlie gets to go to the chocolate factory! Whee!<\/p>\n<p>He goes to the chocolate factory with the other children and little 4 year old Paul is waving his little arms in delight. How wonderful! Oh! Willy Wonka sings Pure Imagination&#8230;. oooooooo. Little Paul is transfixed in wide eyes magicalness. Then come the Oompa Loompas. Okay, kind of creepy but the song is awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Then this happens:<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rw_R9SS3kQ8]<\/p>\n<p>I ran fucking SCREAMING from the room. When Augustus Gloop is in that tube i lost my shit. RAN and would not go back to watch that damn movie again.<\/p>\n<p>A year passes.<\/p>\n<p>Next year, same time, they show the movie AGAIN. Now little Paul is 5. Little more hard core. Plus, he knows that horrid scene is coming. So when it comes, i get freaked out, but i sort of divert my attention, maybe run into the kitchen for a minute until the Bad Thing ends, and just get through it.<\/p>\n<p>Made it! Yay! Okay! I got through the Bad Thing, now i can watch the rest of the movie and see what happens! More Chocolate factory! Yay! Willy Wonka is wild and magical. Where are they going now?<\/p>\n<p>On a boat! Oh goody! I love boats!<\/p>\n<p>Wait&#8230; what the&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rMFNQDtGin8]<\/p>\n<p>YOU SICK FUCKS! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?\u00a0FUCK THAT. I run screaming. Will NOT go back in the family room until that demonic movie is OFF.<\/p>\n<p>Nononononononononononononononon.<\/p>\n<p>A year passes.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m 6 now. That&#8217;s right, 6 bitches. And sure enough Willy Wonka time comes around and what appears on TV? Okay. I&#8217;m ready for Augustus. I&#8217;m ready for the boat ride. I&#8217;m a little freaked out, but okay. In fact why am i even\u00a0watching\u00a0this snuff&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Ooooh, gum! Gum that tastes like real food! Pretty cool. The gum girl of course is going to eat it and&#8230;. and&#8230;.. wait. WHAT. THE FUCK?!?!?!<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iuD_9CSyXYg]<\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230;. seriously. You fucking sons of bitches. This&#8230; is&#8230;.. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU TELL A STORY TO FUCKING LITTLE CHILDREN YOU SADISTIC FUCKS. But i knew i was watching the equivalent of a children&#8217;s slasher film. I&#8217;m crying. I&#8217;m shaking. I&#8217;m scared. My little 6 year old body is quivering but through the tears and horror i am going to finish this fucking movie.<\/p>\n<p>Now they go to the next room of Horror and Death. I&#8217;m not fucking fooled this year. The Chocolate Factory is a Death Trap designed to pick off little children one by one. After 3 fucking years i am not blind to the obvious.<\/p>\n<p>And we come to the fizzy lifting room. With the bubbles. And the big fan with the blades way in the air.<\/p>\n<p>And then comes the line that chills me to my tear stained, already traumatized bones:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Come on Charlie, let&#8217;s sneak a drink while no one&#8217;s looking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE?!?!??!??!????\/ HAVE YOU NOT SEEN WHAT HAPPENS TO EVERY SINGLE CHILD WHO BREAKS ANY OF WONKA&#8217;S RULES?!? IT&#8221;S TORTURE AND DEATH YOU STUPID&#8230;. oh on&#8230;. no&#8230; tell me they&#8217;re not going to&#8230;. fucking Grandpa you stupid fuck.<\/p>\n<p>Up in the fan they go.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l8MVdoL27ZY]<\/p>\n<p>At least i&#8217;m assuming that&#8217;s how the scene ended. By the time they were about to hit the blades i was OUT of there.<\/p>\n<p>It took me 5 motherfucking years to watch that sick, twisted ode to pain, torture and death of children. By the next year i was 7 and had seen the worst bits. Hell, the demise of Veruca Salt and Mike Teevee were nothing after 4 years of the horrors that came before. 5 years of trying to finally be able to watch that thing. Seriously, NO other movie has scared me so much i had to keep trying for 5 years just to make it through.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s end with a little song from the newer version. It&#8217;s a good song.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BuLl5XD57zU]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s\u00a0the\u00a0scariest move you&#8217;ve ever seen? A lot of people say The Exorcist. And that&#8217;s a pretty scary movie. But for me, hands down, it is the classic Willy Wonka &amp; The Chocolate Factory. You know, the OLD one. 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