The Roll Dahl Controversy

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There was a reporter who contacted us after seeing on Reddit that we read the Goosebumps books and talked about it. A lot of those were removing specific references to the 32-bit game system. Just some of the 90s-est stuff from those books was taken out. I'm wondering, though, if some of the reasons why the doll changes are more extensive is because Roldal hates fat people with an intense intensity. It's really...

We're talking about candy for the second week in a row, but this time the candy is literal, and the building is a factory and not a house. Willy Wonka is a mad candy scientist who flouts labor regulations and inflicts misery on children he deems insufficiently deserving. It's a fantabulous, scrumdiddlyumptious romp!

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