Laws Broken: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
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Have you ever watched a movie and thought “that looks illegal.” It probably is! Welcome to Laws Broken, a series on LegalEagle where I tackle your favorite movies and show you how legally irresponsible they are.
As a lawyer, it’s hard for me to watch movies, because I’m constantly thinking about how the main characters are breaking the law or opening themselves up for civil liability. But my pain is your entertainment!
This week we’re covering a cult classic, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971). I love this movie, but something always stuck me as odd about the way that Willy Wonka ran his contest. It’s never a good sign when children start turning into fruit or getting incinerated.
Stay until the end when I tally up how long Wonka is going to jail and how much he owes the families of those poor children.
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Apparently, MatPat at Film Theory did a video covering the OSHA violations of Wonka's factory. Check it out! czcams.com/video/jD83QaWy8LI/video.html He goes into more depth about the unsafe working conditions. (I hadn't seen it before putting this video together, but it's well worth your time too).
And yes, I am fully aware of the irony of this situation.
Total respect. This is an integrity move. Thanks for answering my concerns.
Proof that brilliant personalities may gravitate towards similar topics.
Damn it, that was MY objection. How dare you steal my idea for an objection by writing it before I did!
Credit was given, that is the important part.
I do like the conclusion Mat came up with:
Wonka was ditching the factory before these laws became enforceable!
I already viewed Wonka in a negate light, what with the whole 'I rescued them and now they work for me' excuse being ripped straight out of Slavery 101, but even I didn't give him enough evil-credit. Even with the unsafe nature of his factory being pretty damn obvious to any watching the film, making one question how safe the product is let alone how many workers are killed regularly, I didn't give Wonka enough evil-credit. Even as Wonka spun each accident as the sole fault of children, who are well known for their great impulse control, I didn't give this evil man enough credit. I, like the gullible crowds in the movie, brought into this con-artists excuse of: 'getting old, want some young blood to run things.'
In reality he is more evil then that:
*Wonka knew the factory would start costing him millions per day and chose a child's guardian to dump it onto, as they wouldn't know about the legal ramifications till it was too late.*
Mom: the life of a child is invaluable
LegalEagle: $20M a piece
Mom: the life of a child is invaluable
LegalEagle: $20 million a piece, take it or leave it
Mom: Gimme
I didn’t even realize that they died until he started tallying everything up
....brats are free!!!
CHeath
Take one for free and buy a normal kid 50% off
Lol
Wait just a minute.
Death or injury of one child: $20 million
Enslaving an entire country: $5 million?
Actually, if this were to occur in America, you would actually GET *at least* $5 million for enslaving an entire country. If history tells us anything it's that this is an incredibly lucrative business plan for which you will be able to avoid any consequences for at least ~200 years.
Heres the thing, how big is this country, and how many did he enslave.
Exactly we dont know.
If you're applying US law to this, then yeah, those numbers are totally off! Each of the murdered children were extremely wealthy and white, so you'd be paying out more than 20 mil a head there. And you'd certainly EARN way more than 5 million dollars enslaving an entire country of non-whites!
GoRyGuy You were making sense in the first half but then you had to go and ruin it with the second half
I like how he labelled all the kid's as dead. But didn't they say they had explanations at the end and they all walk out fine? I mean realistically I guess, Violet would've been internally ruptured from the massive bloating
Because Charlie is only 12-13, I always kind of assumed that Wonka was offering him a sort of long-term apprenticeship that would culminate in him inheriting the factory in about 10 years. That seems to be what Wonka is implying when they are all in the glass elevator. I imagined that Wonka would make Charlie a junior vice president of the company, and apprentice him while the boy continued to go to school, and then probably to college, where he might obtain a business degree.
It's also in the book that he tells Charlie his entire family can move in with him.
in the books he wants a partner
Also, funny enough, the filming of the movie caused some related health hazard condition. The chocolate river was real, but due to poor refridgeration, it spoiled quickly after filming before it drained and was disposed.
Also the scene with the soap vehicle basically gave all of the actors on it essentially chemical burns and shut down production for a month while they recovered.
THE MORE YOU KNOW!
the actress for Veruca also cut her knee on one of the rocks and still has a scar from it to this day
The chocolate river wasn't real chocolate. They state in the commentary that it is just water colored brown to resemble chocolate.
The girl getting her chin smacked by the Candy Man at the beginning 🙈 this production was terrifying
@@tonyf4991That would be in the 2007 book adaptation, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, where it's paint mixed with water. In Willy Wonka, it really was real chocolate.
When I was a kid, I rolled my eyes at Wonka freaking out over Augustus contaminating the chocolate river, but now that I work in the deli at a local grocery store, I DEFINITELY understand his panic
Haha me too, and I work in a literal candy store 😂 Due to Covid we have to pre-bag all bulk candy that would normally be open and bagged by the customer with a scooper. And of course we have to tell the children and even some adults to stop touching items they’re not going to buy, cuz we gotta sanitize everything that is not bought. It’s a bit of a nightmare 😅
Then why didn’t he have handrails? Why did he let a bunch of kids who came off the streets into his factory and hang around yet-to-be-produced products that he fully intended on selling?
Why does he even have an open-air room full of perishable foodstuffs to be literally stepped on?
Willy Wonka sucks ass.
LMAO, isn't that the same with all of us? We never think about scenes like the chocolate river or why Wonka is so angry. Blink and suddenly we're working in the food business and the reason why he's anger becomes crystal clear!
I too work ata grocery store and i cant feel bad for the kid. If he wants to do something dumb his consequences are his fault
Mhmhm osha
child: dies tragically
oompa loompas: *dancing intensifies*
Times five.
That furnace is lit every other day. So she has a sporting chance.
😂😂😂
OBJECTION: None of the children were harmed in any way as stated by Wonka himself near the end of the original film.
No one knows of thay died at the end or just made to leave after thay were recovered from their wrong doins and takin straight home without anyone seeing one by one
Objection! You missed where Charlie's teacher endangered Charlie by having him handle & exposed to potentially dangerous chemicals. And no goggles when handling said chemicals.
Counter-objection! This movie / book takes place in what is the 40s-60s.. back when kids could buy chemistry sets with potentially lethal chemicals that could go "Boom" if mixed. Not to mention there was a Radiation lab toy as well that literally had actual nuclear material, albeit a very low emitting uranium ore, but regardless. Its also the Era that kids could buy 1/4 sticks of dynamite and use em to blow up toilets.. (Cherry bombs) There's an interesting docuseries called "hidden Killers" and they did a segment in the post-war era (40s-50s) about the danger of Chemistry sets and reports of tweens and teenagers being seriously maimed and killed when the regents reacted badly.
@@rionthemagnificent2971 No, it's set in that present 1971.
@@tomedwards6354 Still lol not too far off from the era where this explosive crap was available prior to restriction.
@@tomedwards6354 that’s when the real movie came out idiot we’re talking about the in universe this takes place in uk or somewhere in Europe in the 20s or 40s
@@rionthemagnificent2971Are you kidding? In the early 00s I could still buy quarter sticks of dynamite legally.
Anyone else interested to seeing if the Johnny Depp Willy Wonka would fare any better or worse than the Gene Wilder one by having LegalEagle examine that movie?
Absolutely!
Yeah!
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.
Def esp since there are guardrails in the new version Veruca Salt's tantrum
I'd love to see Johnny Depp Willy Wonka put on the chopping block! 😄
I love how he owes more money for forgetting to say "you do not need to make a purchase to participate" than he does for 4 murders.
That’s how businesses work in America.
He didn’t actually kill anyone, they ended up living.
@@joshuanash6401 I think this report is about the movie alone. Yeah in the book they survived but if you take the movie by itself, there's no proof the kids survived.
@@paulh2981 he said they would be just fine. Granted he isn’t the most honest and upstanding guy but, ya know.
@@paulh2981 Standard TV/Movie trope is if they didn't die on screen they are still alive. Even if they did die on screen they can be brought back. No children died in this film.
Objection: The Chocolate Factory is situated in the UK and the events set around the 1920's-30's. US law is not applicable.
Right The UK, English law circa 1964!
Two books so...... Could be usa law although in this movie Charlie finds a fifty pence price (half pound coin) clearly indicating UK.... Not to mention that city/town.
@@AMPProf
Objection! That town happens to be Munich, Bavaria.
So... West German law?
@@Zorilla10 Its based on a novel by the british childrens author Roald Dahl. This novel was directly inspired by him and other children at his school being invited to trial chocolate bars from a nearby factory. From this and some other factors such as currency, british chocolate making heratige and architechture, I would argue Britan is the most likely setting.
The film was film in Germany
Willy Wonka had the brilliant idea of putting an air vent with a fan above the room with consumables that caused levitation.
You know... I've never thought about that. Huh.
I worked at a chocolate factory for 5 years and I can say from personal experience that a chocolate river is, indeed, very bad. Chocolate rain and a chocolate waterfalls, too, should be avoided at all costs.
Why
@@outlawdaddy3866 it’s just mainly impractical.
Child: Falls in river.
Wonka: I'm never going to financially recover from this.
Have you seen Film Theory's video on willy Wonka?
augustus fell into a river in lego city!
@@jettyblue8261 Oooo, I must check it out!
@@mamesmck5236 hey if you want to i can spoil it
woop too late now so
Willy Wonka gives the factory to Charlie because he doesn't want to come under fire from all those OSHA violations he's currently under.
I’d love a Willy Wonka version of Tiger King
Also, willy’s statement: “it always goes wrong once we reach dessert” implies that he’s been testing on people/oompa loompas
did you ever hear the song from honest trailers willy wonka it paints a very grim detail about the oompa statues as slaves
Its not even implied. In the other version of this movie, he OUTRIGHT ADMITS that he's tested the gum on the Oompa Loompas and they ALL became blueberries.
I mean I’d hope he used lab rats or something but I doubt it
@Ollie the Sock :D They were also originally black. I can see why they changed that detail in the movie lmao.
Same with the drinks they floated away so that to
I love that you just skipped over Mike entirely. Like, that’s all on that kid so Willy gets off on that one
Objection. Jurisdiction.
Willy Wonka’s factory is in UK or fantasy land or other jurisdiction that has Pound as its currency and is not located within the United States and is not under jurisdiction of US Legal Code.
Great video by the way.
I love these
And in the UK you can be 13 and have a paper route so well. The one kid is 12. It is very possible that Charlie could be 13.
Surprising, although the book clearly takes place in the UK, I believe the movie canonically takes place in the US.
Paid in pound not dollar
That, and everything he said about the EPA and OSHA. It all depends on what timeframe the movie occurred in. If the events in the movie happened in late 1970, or later, then, yes......Wonka's *definitely* in violation of those laws. If they happened any earlier, like in the book, which was set in the 1920s, EPA and OSHA wouldn't even exist yet, so Wonka wouldn't be bound to them, or forced to follow their regulations.......
And it's the 70s
"Lets see if I can ruin your childhood, like law school ruined mine"
A statement both lawyers and criminals and agree to
As a criminal, I can agree.
As a criminal who commits tax fraud, tax evading, 1st degree murder, vandalism, violation of government patents, mass murder and oh my mafia boss told me not to state anymore crimes I commit so yeah I agree
kinda implies legaleagle went to lawschool during his childhood
@@ThePenguinManwhat the hell penguin.
"Don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted."
What?"
"He had to pay a ton of taxes."
Plus, you'll have to pay the fines for those children dying, Charlie. Good luck.
Just like winning the actual lottery.
guinealover6674 !!! Hopefully (and probably) the revenue from the factory would allow him to pay those taxes.
@@ryanjapan3113 oof i mean, i don't know, at this point it seems like Wonka just wants to get rid of the damn thing....
There's no tax on prize winnings in the UK
Isn't it also fair to call the Oompa Loompas part of a company town since they live, work, and get all their food and supplies at the factory?
Or are those not actually illegal?
I'm not any kind of professional, but I'm pretty sure that being paid in "scrip" and exchanging that for products that the company provides (often at a huge markup) is illegal, so if they have to exchange the coca beans he pays them for room and board then probably, is my guess.
The novel actually takes place in 1920's before the Federal Labor Laws for Minors were created. Of course, I know this is a review for the 1971 film and not the novel, but I just wanted to point this out that Charlie working in the novel would be legal at the time that the story plot took place. The film, though, was based in the 1970s, so the law would still apply to Charlie in the film since the FLSA law was created in 1938.
I mean in the UK I had a paper route at age 11 in the early 2000s. Nothing unrealistic there.
*"MY CHOCOLATE!!"*
"Don't just stand there! DO SOMETHING!"
*"help."*
Police. Murder.
ya i love it when he says
help.
please.
murder.
I never liked Gene Wilder's Wonka. He feels more like a mad scientist than simply an eccentric idealist. In the book, when Augustus fell in the river and when Violet turned into a blueberry, Wonka was genuinely concerned about them.
ThatGuy67 LMAO I love how oblivious, nonchalant, careless, and uninterested Willy Wonka acts whenever one of the kids get in dangerous (and possibly deadly) situations 🤣 probably because he doesn’t like them!
Vetarlit Torf you should watch young Frankenstein
FYI: the books reveal that the children were disfigured, not dead.
I think that the movie implies that the children died though
@@scootmctoot No it doesn't. It's stated that they will be returned to normal.
@@vetarlittorf1807 well that’s what Willy Wonka says would happen, but we never see the children again, they are never seen back to normal or even leaving the factory, and aren’t even mentioned. And then Wonka retired and gave the factory to Charlie. So I think it’s safe to assume they are dead. Even if it wasn’t out right said, it definitely is implied, or at least leaves the viewers to assume so.
also that the oompa loompas were shipped through in crates at night
@@madisyn4790 i believe they did show them at the end
Objection:
In the Dinner chapter where you mention that fault is not considered, only causation, wouldn't Wonka be able to argue that it was not a finished product ready for release, and he warned Violet not to chew the gum? Surely there's some kind of defence there, if a product is not in a state where it is intended for public consumption..?
Objection he knew she would eat it as she planned it out
@@tfordham13objection: conjecture
@@battlesheep2552 objection! he could have had his security team apprehend her and force her to spit it out but he only looked on in mild amusement.
I remember a cartoon in MAD magazine where in the aftermath of Jack and The Beanstalk, Jack was told it will cost a million dollars to bury the dead giant. He says “a million dollars? That’s a bit stiff” the undertaker says “yeah and so’s the giant”.
I'm guessing that the joke was more about the giant being in rigor mortise than him having a stiffy.
A corpse that huge would natutally cause a plague.
Willy Wonka: *Breathes*
Eagle: this actually a violation of section 32 of the clean air act. Mr Wonka will serve two life sentences without possibility of parole
Hahahahahah
Lol
He is actually guilty of many things but ok...
@@Cassxowary He is joking the fact Wily is literally committed too many crimes that even for him to alive is illegal.
Herta Schneider r/whoosh
Objection: The gloves that the Ompa Lumpa's were wearing were cloth gloves which is not safe for handling food.
They aren’t nylon gloves?
Overruled!!!! They are white-Nylon inspection gloves.
@mrParkerman6 they aren’t shut up
I'd like but its at 420
Objection! They “gum” wasn’t actually a food product. Mr Wonka explained that it was experimental in nature and NOT a finished food product. He’s likely screwed in so many other things however. This is hilarious 😂
He used his empoyees as test subjects, knowing darn well they couldn't just tell him no and get another job.
Someone needs to make this into a direct sequel. The Disturbing Case of Willy Wonkas Factory. I see Oompa Loompa lawyers in my mind’s eye.
Singing the defense in rhyme lol
I forgot how gross the chocolate river looked in the movie. Just dirty water really.
It looks like shit
IMDB says it's 150,000 gallons of water, chocolate, and cream. The cream spoiled and by the end of filming smelled terrible
True
It looked okay on a 90's VHS player displaying on a tiny 80's TV.
Lucatin it probably looked better. Also it doesn’t help that the first one I say was the remake where the chocolate was digital eye candy.
*child who can’t swim falls into river*
Wonka: MY CHOCOLATE
To be fair, you can make a new child in 9 months, making a new chocolate river will take considerably longer.
Same tho.
@@khosrowzare8301 Not to mention that chocolate later gets sold to people. And a child swimming in it probably ruined a whole shipment.
The event was also foreseeable and even encouraged that all could eat in the room
Did you mean:
*mY chOcOLaTe!!*
Man who suddenly got everything he wanted: *Lived happily ever after*
Veruca Salt: Am I a joke to you?
objection:
How can Charlie layoff the factory staff to pay his tax bill when the factory staff are unpaid?
They're paid in coca beans, the Oompa-Loompas love them.
Cause Legal Eagle is assuming that Charlie would start paying them 😅
@@jeffwolcott7815Mmmm.... Cocaine
Pretty wild that enslaving an entire civilization was the least of his crimes.
That's because it could at least be argued that they were better off than where they lived previously.
@@japanpanda2179 yeah those vermicious knids and wicked wang-doodles were awful back in Loompaland
The thing is is that it's shown (at least in the new movie) that he pays them in coco beans or chocolate and they agree
@@calvinscarvings.66 So indentured servitude then?
@@justins8802 not exactly? There isnt any real evidence to say that Wonka doesnt allow the Oompa Loompas to leave and search for other ways of life, but rather looks like they stay and labor in Wonka’s factory in their own free will. So really, the irregular immigration stuff seems to be the most legally reprehensible thing in this case. I mean, if you can leave at will and you stay because of a pay you agree with, is there any slavery or indentured servitude taking place?
As a kid, it all looked so fun. As an adult, "Is that legal? That can't be legal?"
Small thing maybe but at time of release half the laws cited were different or nonexistent.
Let alone in day it's portrayed to be in, thing were very different 60+ yrs ago.
But you're right Totally Different Perspective!
But... I was always pretty sure it wasn’t legal
Even reading the book as a kid I was like "Daddy are the children okay? Mr Wonka's factory does not seem safe" lol
All the “deaths” disturbed me as a kid and I asked my dad, “how did they get out/back to normal?” Didn’t like it
Watch Matpat’s video about how many OSHA violations ol’ Wonka has in his chocolate factory.
If Wonka really didn't want Violet to eat the gum he could tell her what would happen and not be vague or just pluck it out her mouth
She didn't give him the chance and immediately snatched it out of his hand and put it in her mouth.
@@tonyf4991 True... BUT he admits to knowing full well the results are well recorded as always meeting disaster upon the 3rd course. Leaving plenty of time to warn her or force her to spit it out before the desert flavor hits with it's negative side effects. He knowingly allowed her to come to harm. He could have informed her legal guardian of the health effects and timeline the instant she started chewing it or took it from him.
@@darthprodigal9401 Or just not make the gum at all and avoid the entire situation all together.
So you've reviewed that using current laws and rules, I'd be interested in how it fares under period accurate laws.
I was going to say this. I don't think OSHA existed when this film would have taken place. (early 1900s I think?)
*Going by the UK version of the novel and first movie, so shillings, not dollars, and 1920s.
He's correct on Charlie's paper route. Charlie is nine by the movie? Age isn't stated in the novel. That would be illegal by the UK's 1903 Employment of Children Act which prohibited anyone under the age of eleven from being involved in street trading ( newspaper hawking "any other like occupation carried on in streets or public places.").
He's partially right on the working time. Women were allowed to be worked for 14 hours a day by the Factory and Workshop Act of 1901. This however was to not exceed 3 days in a week, and include 2 hours minimum for meals.
Amusingly there is nothing in the Factory and Workshop Act about fencing for rivers of chocolate. Only rivers of molten metal and moving machinery and water wheels. I think you could make a case for violating the Sale of Food and Drugs Act of 1875 for "sale of articles of food and of drugs not of the proper nature, substance, and quality" by having been "mixed with some extraneous matter". As for the nuts part, no one cared back then. "If your kid can be taken out by a peanut... don't get attached."
Literal garbage and poor ventilation would fall back to violating Factory and Workshop for unclean conditions, effluent on the ground, trash on the ground, etc.
Not sure his argument on product liability seeing as it wasn't actually a product, though from his presentation it did seem like it was safe for consumption. "I haven't got it quite right yet" could imply flavour was an issue, and 'I wouldn't do that' is not 'you should not do that'.
Pollution into the waterways? That's just the Thames =p
That final dropoff would be a fencing issue as per Factory and Workshop regarding fencing off dangerous machinery, as that drop off lead to an incinerator iirc.
*disclaimer: not a lawyer, barrister or professional wigwearer in the UK legal system. I do like chocolate though.
You know there's an interesting fan theory about this being released just before OSHA went into effect where Wonka set up this whole thing just to offload his factory before he becomes criminally liable
How it fares under period law for England and Wales would be more accurate.
@@danielmenetrey6876 Waaaaay further back. The movie itself is set in the 70s but the original book its adapting is from the 20s.
In the words of MatPat: “Come with me, and you’ll be in a world of OSHA violations.”
*Dying of laughter while OSHA is still trying to figure out what happened...*
The fact that that scans perfectly is hilarious.
I love that song it will never get old
HAHAHAHAHA
This is literally my favourite comment🤣🤣🤣
Objection: The plants were actually candy, which means they stepped on sellable candy with their dirty shoes.
I always imagined the grass was candied coconut shavings with green food coloring
@@CorndogMaker Nah the book says they're sellable candy
@@aanvidugar3272 but...*candied* coconut shavings are candy
@@CorndogMaker I guess? Either way, he's selling food that has been stepped on with dirty feet, even eaten with dirty hands with Wonka's permission.
@@aanvidugar3272 you'd have to prove he sold the contaminated candy.
This film was good to start with but your legalese just makes it all the more hilarious!
"Congratulations, Charlie, I'm giving you your heart's desire,only downside, that also includes all my debts!" 😝
Objection: Under the constitutional guarantee of Ex Post Facto, those child labor laws were added at a much later time.
At the age of 10-12, in Ohio, I had a paper route in the late 80s to early 90s. I also babysat, did lawn work, and other odd jobs for money. And there was no labor law violations in the 80s and 90s for those jobs. Willy Wonka was filmed in the 70s, and depicts a time much earlier than 1970, so no child labor laws were broken at that time, thus under Ex Post Facto, any laws created after such time cannot be retroactively applied to previous transgressions.
Good for you, but I wouldn't want a ten year old watching my baby.
“Come with me... and you’ll see... a world of OSHA violations!”
-Matpat
Yesssssss
That sounds suspiciously like Firestone Complete Auto Care, Pep Boys, and Les Scwab
He actually stole that from the meme that was going around for a long time before but it was still funny as hell
Now read that without singing it
~ Take a chance, get a glance, at all of the laws that I've broken ~
*heart warming ending*
Lawyer: you have to pay taxes on that
Oversimplified: *“There’s a tax for that”*
Everything is not free Charle
Presumably WW Inc has a fair amount of cash from continuing operations. No reason Charlie can't use that cash and get a loan on future profits to pay the rest.
Objection!
If 12 year olds can't have jobs they also can't pay taxes
I would've liked to see what
U.K. laws would say about all of this, seeing as how that's where the story supposedly takes place. Still a very good and thought-provoking video, though! I'm impressed.
It's more for entertainment than anything else this channel. It is fun but aimed at the Americans so laws outside of the US don't seem to matter ;) interestingly, no town in England looks like the one in the movie ;)
I always thought it was supposed to take place in a uk style Germany lol
15:48 *Two people are being sucked up towards fan blades
The lawyer: Well, that's an EPA problem, for sure.
Fun fact not only did Wonka take an entire civilization out of their native country only to make them work and live in the factory, but according to the other movie and book he pays them in cacao beans which to the Oompa Loompas, which is highly addictive and super toxic, but also to get them into the country he shipped them in crates with holes drilled into them.
Addictive sure, but toxic? That I don't remember.
The Oompa Loompas love the beans. It's not bad they are getting payed in them.
@@treehugger0241 it’s toxic to animals like dogs so technically it’s toxic but the human body can filter out the toxins
@@satanclaws666 Yeah but we're given zero indication that it's sufficently toxic to Oompa Loompas to cause them harm, which is what Jerricko was implying.
@@F1ISAWFUL It makes them entirely reliant on Wonka, since they can't use the beans to buy food and stuff for themselves if one of them wants to leave. If they wanted the beans, Wonka could just pay them in real money so they could buy it themselves.
in violet's blueberry case, she didn't eat a product. she ate a test prototype not meant for mass production or public consumption. it was still in the testing stage. no court, surely, would ever convict for damages from an incomplete product wilfully stolen by the plaintiff.
But there's no wet floor sign
Couldn't it be argued that he should've taken measures to ensure that she or anyone else couldn't steal it?
@@chloeedmund4350 Possibly. But then when/where would the preventative measures end? It could be argued that to sufficiently prevent her action, and subsequent action, from occurring, would be to not allow her to be in the factory in the first place.
@@gamerleal9265 and this would be exactly why most factories don't have children tour them. The only exceptions generally have carefully controlled areas, with guardrails, keeping them away from any potentially dangerous equipment or products.
She's a child.
Willy Wonka: I transported the entire population of loompaland to my factory!
Ron DeSantis: I have an idea..
i dont get it
@@TestingthisnameHe's trying to say Ron DeSantis imported a lot of illegals and it failed as a comparison for so many reasons.
The thing about the factory, based off the book and 2005 movie, Wonka felt he was on the brink of death and so wanted a child to run the business as he didn't trust an adult so wanted a kind, fun-loving child but to prevent suspicion decided to punish 4 children from them being spoilt and teach their parents how awful they are
The kids didn't die. In the book, they're seen leaving the factory in their new forms.
So, *just* disfigured.
@@Quiltfish Even that is a criminal charge I believe. I've worked in a factory in India, and here, even if an adult (from a different/partner company) goes for a tour of a factory, an experienced operator must accompany him/her and must act immediately should anything go wrong. This is just cruel negligence.
And the remake
I have to wonder how many of these laws existed during this time period, though.
@@xejelah That is a valid point. In this time and age, if Willy Wonka didn't give Health and Safety inspectors access to the factory, they would not let the factory open regardless of what goes on inside. So the seclusion itself would be impossible.
OBJECTION: Willy Wonka's chocolate factory is located in Britain. US laws therefore do not apply.
The four other than Charlie weren’t killed, I think at least in the book an attempt was made to restore them.
In the first movie, a point I think you didn’t touch on - the fine print was initially used to deny Charlie his chocolate supply (he was just told to go to the exit, and told he lost, only when he returned the Everlasting Gobstopper was he told he won).
As others have stated, winning contests, the lottery or other gambling incurs no taxes in the UK unless you are a professional.
Objection: In the book, Willy Wonka clearly stated that all of the plants and such were all edible candy.
YES!
@Haku infinite f*ck
"Everything in this room is eatable." Something like that anyway.
@Haku infinite That part of the quote is from the 2003 movie
Objection: It should be stored properly, And because they are are stepping on it, It should deemed unsafe to eat.
Willy Wonka commits child murder then hands over the factory to a scapegoat so he can escape blame
Except none if the kids died.
Fellow film theorist?
Swordplaymaster Gerb no matpat is an overrated pandering hack and is extremely cringey
Yes, in the first film they die. Willy Wonka lies about their fate. The while reason Gene Wylder wanted Wonka's entrance to be him walking eith a cane was so you can't tell if Sonja is ever lying or not. So Sonja is fur shure a liar!!!! They only survive the book and remake.
Brian Finley mate
Maybe when you get an English education master English as a language
Discover all our idioms and then fully understand sarcasm, irony and exaggeration
Then maybe I could explain it to you
I was working for an Oil Patch company and they fired my entire group. When I asked for my overtime pay, they refused. In Texas, workers have no protection.
In a different company, they wanted to renegotiate my employment. I said fine, pay me what I have earned to date. They refused. I went to court. They did not even show up. The judge ruled in their favor.
I'd never thought about Willy Wonka as being a human trafficker or illegally transporting refugees before, although I was waiting for this part to be discussed. For some reason, the whole idea of this made me laugh, especially when the lawyer (I'm sorry, I forgot his first name) talked about them being in fear of being eaten alive. Maybe I'm too tired as I watch this and just got the giggles or something. haha
Poor Oompa Loompas!
I do have to say that I prefer the Oompa Loompas in the Johnny Depp version of this tale. The orange ones with green hair have always kind of freaked me out a bit.
My theory was always that Wonka was looking for a replacement who could take the fall for his company’s negligence and then he’d leave the country and find asylum. Effectively, dooming Charlie Bucket.
A king of industry, that Wonka. Lol
Admit it, you saw robot chicken. If not, its a original good joke.
Robot Chicken did this version.
Or Charlie switches the wonka factory to constructing a train which travels the world and contains its own internal ecosystem. Then the world freezes over and Charlie, captain America, and the remnants of humanity travel the world endlessly.
Willy Wonka is a Batman villain who specialises in brainwashing, abducting, and murdering kids in a way that makes it look like an accident. He's got the henchmen, the gadgets and the funky costume. But hey, that's just a theory...
You know what comes next...
"Let's ruin your childhood like law school ruined mine"
HA! Joke's on you, my childhood is already ruined. Also, sorry man. Hope your childhood gets better
An actual original and funny comment on CZcams is rare
@Meine Namen
Are you saying That because you don't like it or because it's one of the rare ones?
I'm going to assume the latter is true, funny bone has been tickled, I am now ROFL.
Oh, cognitive dissonance does wonders to restoring happy memories! And compartmentalizing, too.
You seen the way the world is going? Of course his childhood is getting better. It's getting better by the second.
My mom is a lawyer and the factory is one of her favorite movies! Perfect video for her.
You may have missed one. Near the start of the movie, when Charlie is going past the gates of the factory (creepiest scene in cinematic history I reckon), the Tinker tells Charlie "Nobody ever goes in, and nobody ever comes out"! How could that be legal for a factory? How can it get inspected by professionals otherwise?
Very entertaining video btw!!
OBJECTION: The river is a closed loop, so the EPA will not be involved.
Austin Persing that is probably the answer. Willy Wonka is way to smart to let chocolates uh out.
@Sebastian Marlow he doesn't even have to pay me to get rid of the chocolate river I'll be there waiting in the corner with a straw XD
@Sebastian Marlow ik I just saw the opportunity to make that joke so I went for it XD
@Sebastian Marlow the chocolate is boiled before being made into bars, killing any bacteria, should a water cleaning company get sued because there is dirt in the dirty water?
but what about the pipe that goes to the boiling room? wonka must be boiling the chocolate for a reason, perhaps i dunno, to sell to unwary consumers?
Kid: **burns in a furnace**
Oompa Loompas: “cha, cha, real smooth!”
Lol
Oompa luupa depity ded
In the UK version Violet walks out at the end, covered in rubbish, but alive and there’s a whole scene about how the furnace isn’t always on.
Turrrrrn it dowwwwn.🔥🚒👩🚒 +funky rhythm+
@@peacefulleopard8016 That was Veruca. Violet got turned into a blueberry.
You should totally do this again but use UK laws from the time the movie was made/set!
He needs to become their was no child laws back then I look it up it take place on 1930
@@peteryanes3413 then how were there TVs?
@@peteryanes34131969 bro.
Hes gonna have to read through and memorise thousands of pages and legal documents about UK law just for a video. I dont think its worth it
@@Spectre-tv7wi Fair enough, but it's a little silly to use laws from a completely different country than the movie takes place in. ;)
Willy wonka did mention that the incenerator only works on Tuesdays but lucky for him that it was broken
16:12 - the "chocolate river" was not flowing out of the factory to anywhere. It was being sucked up through pipes to the different parts of the factory where it was used to make sweets. It was one of those pipes that Augustus Gloop got sucked up. His mother says "He'll get turned into marshmallows". Wonka replies that this is "impossible". When his mother asks why not, he says that particular pipe doesn't go to the marshmallow room, but to the room where they make "chocolate covered fudge". Mrs. Gloop says "He'll get made into fudge then" to which Wonka replies "No he won't because I would never allow it! Augustus flavoured chocolate covered Gloop? Now that would NEVER sell!" Great stuff!
Still a massive OSHA violation to have people swimming in it.
Yeah, of course it was self-contained. No way Wonka would let a river of pure chocolate flow out of his factory; even without the pollution, imagine the waste!
How about after Augustus falls into it? They'll need to dispose of that batch
@@matthewcoveney4380 They would probably incinerate it. Chocolate does burn. While it would be very expensive, it would be possible.
@@allisond.46 He missed one important detail. For that chocolate to flow with the consistency of water, it would have to be EXTREMELY hot. Augustus would've burned his hands the minute he touched it. And falling in would've caused at the very least , second degree burns all over his body.
What sort of trouble would John Hammond (Jurassic Park) get into?
Prison for 999 years with no chance of parole, I would say.
And he'd owe billions in fines and settlements
Don't even get me started on the ethical implications of cloning dinosaurs in the first place.
Depends on where the park was located in and John Hammond's country of residence.
@@mariic2 nah there's nothing wrong with that I bet; doubt there's even laws that specifically mention dinosaurs in the first place since most people are concerned with sheep and common animals that are even possible.
For every law, there's a loophole somewhere.
Great Video! *the amount of laws willy Wonka has broken is ridiculous*
I wish there were more of these. Laws Broken is my favourite on this channel. :)
Objection! At the end of the movie, Willy clearly states that all of the children will be returned to exactly how they were, thus none were killed nor even permanently injured.
He may have told Charlie that but we don't know for certain that he was being honest with him on that. It sort of leaves the viewers to their imaginations on their fate.
yes, i definitely trust the word of this very upstanding gentleman. why wouldnt i? hmm yes. very trustworthy indeed.
He still subjected them to this torture 😆
@@melissacooper4282 The movie is a fantasy, but it would seem unlikely that Wonka would commit 4 homicides of children, in front of their parents and other witnesses. There is no way he could get away with it.
Also, there is no suggestion that there was any chance that Mike or Violet were killed. Mike was "totally unharmed" except for being shrunk down to pocket size. So at most there could have been 3 wrongful deaths Augustus, Veruca and Mr. Salt.
I hope this lawyer does a better job researching the facts of his real life cases.
"exactly" even though 1 is covered in chocolate, 1 is forever blue, 1 is trashed and the other... well, is no longer his usual size.
(the point is that once they walk out that door, everyone might be concerned on what's really going on in that factory)
"Class undismissed"
As if you'd actually have enough time to say that as a teacher before every single one of your students is already gone.
I actually had the original book, so I can say none of the children actually died.
Augustus Gloop was just squeezed tight by the pipe and he came out alive but "thin as a straw".
Violet Beauregard was successfully juiced by the juicer so she was back to normal, except still blue.
Veruca Salt survived her fall into the incinerator (somehow) and was just covered in very smelly garbage.
And Mike Teevee was stretched back out by the Oompa Loompas and became about 10 feet tall and "thin as a wire". I think Wonka even made a joke about him becoming a basketball player, but it's been years since I read it.
I was confused since I got my first paper route at age 10 with the local town newspaper, but I did some research, and it turns out in my home province of Ontario, Canada there is no minimum labour age if the work is outside a "workplace" which includes things like newspaper delivery and babysitting.
Objection: The "plants" in the factory are actually not plants but actually food as Wonka says that everything in that room was edible. So it is still a problem of mold and bacteria contamination, just with food and not with foliage.
Plus we can conclude that the room itself may contain magic to keep the candy fresh. As he mentioned that anything Wonka thinks in the room becomes edible.
also, we're never explicitly shown anything that contains nuts in that room, so it could be that he designed the room to have no allergens whatsoever.
Except for lactose intolerance of course, but I imagine that was in the initial contract
@@soranraina4391 magic doesn’t have any presence in the US court of law. Not since the Salem Witch Trials.
Then it becomes a matter of cross-contamination through purposeful yet negligent cultivation rather than a mold related health concern... do snozzberries have nuts?
It's probably a weird plant that is edible everywhere.
Another violation, not mentioned:
The ceiling ventilator fan in the Fizzy Lifting Drinks room doesn't have the required safety grilles on either side of it.
Imagine being an Hoompa Loompa, just starting his shift, going in and seeing that the whole place is covered in bird guts and feathers.
"... Oh, is it 7am already?"
The whole factory is just full of OSHA violations
In the book, Willy Wonka ties down the Oompa Loompas when they test the Fizzy Lifting Drinks
It would be really cool if you did the version with Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, a lot of things are different in that movie.
In the movie no kids died, and depending on how Wonka gave the factory to Charlie, he wouldn't have to pay anything. The chocolate river stays in the factory, it is a lazy river and circulates inside only.
Objection: Slugworth, as an employee of Wonka's, attempted to persuade Charlie into committing crimes he otherwise wouldn't have in order to trick him into forfeiting his winnings. That's entrapment.
not really because there isnt an "or else" included basically not giving charlie an option. for instance an undercover cop says you have to buy drugs from them or they are going to shoot you in the face if you dont. that would be entrapment.
@@wades623 Threat of force is not required for entrapment, that's an entirely different thing. Attempting to lure someone into committing an illegal act in order to arrest you for it. Charlie did not just say to himself "I bet it would be worth a lot of money to his competators if I could learn Wonka's secrets." He had no interest in committing industrial espionage before Slugworth came along to offer a bribe for doing so. That's a textbook form of entrapment.
You're thinking of coercion.
@@Macrochenia it is neither coercion or entrapment. Charlie was nither threatened nor tricked into doing it. There was always the choice to not take the money.
@@wades623 The fact that Slugworth was not trying to force Charlie to commit the crime or trick him into committing the crime by accident DOES NOT MATTER.
Entrapment is any attempt to persuade someone to commit a crime that they would not have otherwise in order to catch them in the act and punish them for it. Doesn't matter how. Slugworth's offer was made under the direction of Wonka with the express purpose of tricking Charlie into forfeiting his winnings. Therefore, entrapment.
@@Macrochenia if that logic worked there would be no such thing as under cover law enforcement. It is basically the same situation, something is offered and depending on the person they have free will not to engage in the action. If you could get what you say to stand I wouldn't mind because I've never thought cops should be able to lie and get away with what they do but they do and they shouldn't get special privileges just because they are with the government
10:52 Actually, the book that this movie is based off of goes more into detail about that. The Oompa Loompas apparently had just about nothing too eat, and they loved cacao beans. When Wonka found them, he asked if they would like to work in his factory for an unlimited supply of chocolate and cacao beans. They agreed happily.
Would that mean he would be avoiding taxes?
Min Yoongles actually probably yes. Bartering can be treated as taxable income
So payment in food?
Algis Yeah basically
yep, this is also explained in the remake!
The Adam and Joe show had an episode where they went into shops claiming the free stuff from magazines by tearing them off and crisp packets by eating a % of the packet saying they were only taking the supposedly free components. This would be "no purchase necessary" taken to an extreme.
Objection: Going by US labor law (like in the video), children can actually work at any age as long as it's delivering newspapers, making wreaths, performing, baby-sitting, or at a family business.
Pretty sure it'd still be a violation in the UK.
OBJECTION!! I don't think Wonka would be responsible for turning Violet into a blueberry based on "product liability", due to the fact it was not on the market or available to the public. She snatched it out of his hand and ate it, disregarding his warning.
Yup your correct this guy is a bad lawyer
I just said something to this effect, it's like trying to sue because you illegally download an unfinished and unreleased version of a movie, show, or videogame that hasn't been deemed safe or for public consumption. If you have a seizure looking at it it's your own fault since it had no guarantee of being safe as of yet. Especially if you were told before hand explicitly NOT to take it.
@@peteryanes3413 this guy is an amazing lawyer, he's explaining a fictional event.
Exactly. It's a prototype not meant for consumption and there was an explicit warning about it's safety that was entirely disregarded.
@@Ramuh. Some people really don't understand sarcasm, do they?
*Objection*
The gum was not a released product, but rather an object still in testing. Wonka did not claim it is edible at all, nor did he supply the girl with the gum. Thus it cannot be held liable under product's strict liability, because it would be equivalent to holding a man liable to damages made, by someone consumig their handwritten note, and getting food poisonig.
It happened in his factory on his invitation so you could argue he was liable. Because it happened on his watch.
If the contract was valid would this still be unlawful?
Jakub Kalka Yes, he actually was trying to stop the eating of the gum
But it happened to a child he had invited to the factory, and had the appearance of regular candy - something the group had been allowed full access to until that point. In addition, it was placed within her reach, despite being an untested product not fit for human consumption AND Wonka didn’t make her spit it out, despite the potential danger.
As a child, it isn’t her legal duty to keep herself safe, but it is his liability as the owner of the factory and the person who helped her get into contact with hazardous material. Moreover, he could easily be blamed for being so “ignorant” (aka ignoring them) of safety procedures after other children had been harmed due to his negligent behavior.
Objection: He did nothing to warn her of the magnitude of the consequences of her actions which apportions quite a lot of blame to him. He was fully aware of the risks associated with consumption of the product and despite this made no effort beyond his initial "no don't do that". I'd imagine that the outcome would be quite different if he'd told her that chewing the gum would result in her disfigurement.
One thing to point out: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was filmed in Munich, Germany.
You can tell, because all the road signs are not U.S. standard, and Mr. Jopeck’s newsstand actually has a copy of Der Spiegel.
Fun fact: Gambling winnings aren't taxed in the UK. I am sure HMRC would argue Charlie only "won" the tour, but was gifted the factory.
To make the Oompa Loompa situation worse, in the first editions of the book they were "Pygmies from darkest Africa" 😬😬
Oh nooooooooo
Awkward......
And if I remember correctly there slaves he doesn't pay them Jack crap Johnny Depp at least the movie with Johnny Depp kind of made it seem like oh I pay them in cocoa beans for their service
Yes. Oompa Loompas were slaves.
So basically from Jumanji?
Objection: Wonka's rich. He will spend fifteen minutes in prison and pay a fine of 38 cents.
Objection sustained.
Mr Wanka is required to apologize to the world, do 200 hours of community service and be on probation for 3 years.
Court adjourned
@@robbase5235 It hurts me that this is probably what would actually happen.
@@samwatson-tayler2805 Only to the rich. Us middle class would be imprisoned for 50-60 years, and ordered to pay millions in fines and fees.
If you actually believe that would happen you have the critical thinking skills of a dead raccoon.
Willy Wonka: "My glass elevator travels thru time as well as space! I found a lawyer from the future named Saul Goodman"
This just makes me want to watch this movie again.
I would love to see a spin-off/parody video of the trial "Wonka vs The Golden Ticket Families" lol 😂😂
“It’s hot and creamy. I can feel it running down my throat.”
Archer, “Phrasing!”
LAAANNNAAA !
Woah pause 😭😭😭😂😂😂
That's what she said!!!!!
DANGER ZONE!!!!!
Is Wonka hard at work?
He just might be.
The books based in England so it would be totally legal for Charlie to have a job delivering papers
That particular scene was in the US, so the labour laws apply.
The book isn't set in any particular place. The movie was filmed primarily in Germany. I'm not sure what German laws are regarding child labour.
@@SakariWolf13 nope, it was filmed in Germany.
@@andrewpower8357 It doesn't matter where they filmed it, it matters where it was set.
@@SaryTheWolf 🤣 not if we're talking about child labour.
Dude, remember this movie happened in 1972. I was 11 about that time, and there were 10 year old paperboys, at least in the US. My best friend Rod had a route I covered when he's go away for weekends with his dad.
OBJECTION! Veruca Salt clearly survived, as she went on to form her own rock band in the 90's
"This little piece of gum is a 3 course dinner."
"Bull-"
"No. Roast beef, but I haven't got it quite right yet."
Gets me everytime
Gene Wilder is marvelous in this.
The hilarious thing is, that was a big piece of gum......and even AFTER she supposedly starts eating it, if you look very carefully, you can see it in her right hand. And as she's talking you don't see it in her mouth.
@@CeltycSparrow the magic of film inconsistentencies.
@@CeltycSparrow she takes a bite out of the gum, you can see the corner missing from the piece of gum. And she might not actually have gum in her mouth while filming cuz there's always a smacking sound when you chew gum with your mouth open (like she's doing) and that wouldn't sound good in the audio
That part wasn't really his fault she snatched the gum out if his hand and he warned her not to eat it
I would love to see how many laws were broken in "Matilda". 😬
Good idea☝️
I was just thinking about Matilda, I wonder how long the Trunch would spend in jail for throwing a kid out a window, tossing another across the playground by her hair, locking kids a damp creaky hole in the wall with nails on the door sticking inward. Possible murder but we know she did it.
@@FishbedFive more like the mistreatment and abuse of children, possible murder of Miss Honey's father. All the stolen car parts and scams Matilda father does on a daily basis.
Omg same!
Damn right me too
This information was very interesting. I also really appreciate that you used the original film clips and not the horrible remake.
Objection: canonically, the plants in the chocolate river room are all made of candy, so they are all as sterile as any other candy.
Seeing an actual lawyer talk about oomph loompahs is pure gold tbh
Objection: the "winning" of the factory assets and stocks is never mentioned in the competition - in fact, no monetary winnings were mentioned. The fact that Wonka also HAPPENED to be looking for an heir and HAPPENED to find one from the competition winners doesn't mean the act of handing the factory over is suddenly part of the competition - it's an independent business action.
It appears that the factory prize was a separate contest all together, All the children were given a chance to betray Wonka but only Charlie refused.
The contest was only for a free visit to the factory.
Wonka giving the factory to Charlie would technically be a gift, so no tax on gifts, right?
the impression that I got from both reading the book and the sequel and watching both movies, the tim burton one as well, is that Charlie "winning" the factory WAS the "true" purpose of the golden ticket thing.
I think Wonka knew exactly what he was doing.
Wonka was looking for an heir and he started the golden ticket thing as a way of finding the heir.
when a company like Coca Cola does one of those contests where you look under the bottlecap and you "could win a million dollars!", they always know exactly how many winning prizes they printed and exactly where they sent them.
so, Wonka, being as eccentric as he is and having access to wondrous resources that normal people can't even understand, he could have specifically targeted certain children to get those tickets. he might have known exactly where he sent those golden tickets.
I mean, in the book, it goes into great detail of the mania that struck the world, everyone looking for the tickets, and grownups were looking for the tickets too, how did he know that children would find them?
like there was a scene in the book where a bank robber stole a ton of money then used it to buy chocolate bars and the police came to arrest him and found him sitting on a mountain of chocolate bars, frantically cutting the wrappers with a knife and had to pry him away, how did Wonka know that guy wouldn't find one? or 3?
the tour of the factory was a way of getting the children into situations where they could prove their worth and virtue of character so he could pick a winner.
each room was a test. he picked those situations deliberately, to test the children. He did his homework, studying the backgrounds of each of those kids, as evidenced by the oompa looma song lyrics(most evident in the lyrics from the book), those guys knew everything about these kids.
Wonka did the whole golden ticket thing as a way of getting the children into controlled situations to test their virtue so he could find the most pure and innocent person to become his heir. and among billions of people, somehow found Charlie.
He must have cherrypicked those children. how he managed to ensure that those particular ones would be picked? I dunno, can't be explained, just like how the secrets behind how he makes his crazy candies can't be explained either.
but hey, that's just a theory. . . I hope that line isn't copyrighted. . .
meh! Even gifts have taxes? What a shitty world we are in...
Lawrie Swinfen-Styles Take that: he’s a criminal!
“Seriously Wonka, GUARD RAILS!” -MatPat
Objection! The all of the “grass and trees” in the factory are candy.