Wonka Trivia

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hfilled
Wonka Trivia

FYI and Amusement:

In the original book, •The Oompa-Loompas in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory were originally a tribe of pygmies from "the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had been before." And they get recruited by a rich American/British guy to work for food in his overseas private factory. Since the seventies, the book and movie versions that most people know have changed them into being native to the fictional Loompaland, and having "rosy-white" (or orange, in the movie) skin. The book illustrations followed suit. The 2006 movie still set Loompa-Land in Darkest Africa, but had the Oompa-Loompas played by Deep Roy, an Indian.

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Ratbiker
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wat

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IronHead

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Inflate123
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Yes...if you've read the original book, it's right there. Never mattered one way or the other to me, personally.

By the way, how do you pronounce "•"?

hfilled

Sorry, that's me inclduing a quote from tvtropes.org, a website that among other things included examples of "bowlderlization" (removing "offensive" material to the point the original is no longer recognizable; Peter Pan is another example given).

JSK00
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Ah, I see. I happen to be an editor there.