Of Grant’s appearance in the trailer of the film, which will not be released in the UK until December, he said: “They’ve enlarged his head so his head looks bigger. [I thought] what the hell have you done to him?” King’s new film tells the story of eccentric chocolatier Wonka attempting to establish his business in a closed-shop market, where his unorthodox ways are not welcome. The novel reflects cultural anxieties that emerged in the United Kingdom in the 1960s when the labour market opened to New Commonwealth citizens from India and the Caribbean. Grandpa Joe, a former Wonka employee who is laid off, represents the concerns of white British workers who saw immigrants as rivals for what they believed were rightfully white British jobs. In the Brisbane season, the Oompa-Loompas form a chorus line of hybrid creatures in red curled wigs and identical suits branded with the “W” of Wonka, a stamp marking them as property rather than people.

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Slate, Jeff (12 September 2014). "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 50 Years Later". Esquire.com . Retrieved 25 May 2020. When Wonka’s factory re-opens with a secret workforce, Charlie says to Grandpa Joe, “But there must be people working there”, and Grandpa Joe responds, “Not people, Charlie. Not ordinary people, anyway”. Burton’s adaptation, a commentary on exploited labour in the digital age, shares several thematic concerns with the musical version. In the 1971 film version, they were said to be “transported” from Loompaland in Africa, rather than “imported”.

Kelly, Helen (25 January 2016). "You won't believe what Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's Mike Teavee looks like now…". Express.co.uk . Retrieved 16 September 2017. When Veruca interferes with the trained squirrels used by Willy Wonka to select the best nuts to bake into chocolate bars, and is judged as a "bad nut" by the squirrels and discarded into the adjacent garbage chute, her dad follows suit. Both are later seen leaving the factory covered in garbage, with Veruca's father trying with extraordinary effort to contain his visible anger against her.They come from Loompaland, which is a region of Loompa, a small isolated island in the hangdoodles.