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The Uncertain Alchemy of the 1970s
Gene Wilder played Willy Wonka as a cross between a carnival clown and a serial killer. Now they've tried to recast or re-recast Wonka and remake history. Hugh Grant is an umpalupa. That's something that's unexpected casting. But to quote the lumpas themselves, their existence will surely be explained as one of empowerment, not subjugation. Oompa, loompa, doobody, doo. I've got another puzzle for you. What do you get from remaking great works? A wince on your face and not so much as too smurfs? The stars will be blander and the scripts will
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