Oompa Loompas

In the movie adaptation of Rohl Dahl's book, Charlie and Chocolate Factory tiny little people act as the workers who make everything happen in Willy Wonka's factory. These tiny workers are in fact, Oompa Loompas. Whenever one of the children misbehaves and is about to get "killed off" from the fantastic movie, the Oompa Loompas come out of nowhere and start singing and dancing a "moral of the story"-like tune to provide an "educational" experience for the people watching the film. Where do Oompa Loompas really come from and what do they really do?

Rohl Dahl was a brilliant, creative person (despite his hatred of Israel). He knew that it was good to learn something of any value from any experience at all. He figured that if he showed the public his wild imagination by connecting the story with Oompa Loompas; people would benefit from seeing the movie. We must also examine why we saw the movie in the first place.

There are several reasons that you saw this movie, the one answer that is wrong is "I wanted to kill two hours." Possible answers might include: it was too early to go back to a girl or guys house to fool around, you wanted to see Johnny Depp wearing makeup (but we know that is not the case because he is always wearing makeup, and you would rather save $10 and buy a drink at a club), and finally you most probably saw this film because it was recommended to you by one of your parents because they saw it when they were younger.

Unfortunately, that is the reason most people will answer why they saw the movie. Maybe not as the sole purpose, but a parent was a factor.

Oompa Loompas teach the lesson that is obvious: follow instructions. Conventional wisdom would say this is good, yet it is paradoxical to think that Willy Wonka followed instructions from his father the dentist.

It makes me wonder what Rohl Dahl set out to accomplish, nonetheless, it was brilliant.
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