It's hard to ignore the joys of youthful imagination and flowing rivers of chocolate which permeate Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. In a normal film, four bed-bound pensioners sharing the same decrepit matress would be something deeply harrowing. The world of Willy Wonka completely ignores the sad truth that the various illnesses which confine Charlie's grandparents to their beds will likely soon kill them, particularly with the the unbalanced diet of cabbage soup the Buckets survive off. Upon Charlie's winning of the much coveted golden ticket, his favoured grandparent Joe makes a miraculous recovery in order to accompany Charlie to the factory. The promise of marvelling at the secrets of Willy Wonka's factory restores Grandpa Joe to a child-like state of giddy joy. Chocolate must be the perfect remedy for the Grim Reaper...
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
