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Published: 2014-05-26 03:18:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 5398; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 1
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So . . . . I don't think I've ever mentioned how much I love the West End musical of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Or just flat out Charlie and the Chocolate factory the story. It was literally my first fandom allllll the way back in 2005. And I really enjoy the song "More of Him to Love" detailing the life of gluttonous German Augustus Gloop. ( Listen here www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZi3JE⦠) I just love the characterization of the Gloop family so they've been the subject of a lot of my doodles.My friend and I have been talking a lot about the Gloops and their butcher shop, hence the title. "Metzgerei" is the Southern German word for "Butcher Shop" as opposed to the Northern German word "Fleischerei". Huzzah for my 4-plus years of German coming in handy~
For some reason, they sort of remind us of the characters from "Bob's Burgers" in a . . . weird way. Mrs. Gloop (musical version) is kinda like Linda in her dotingness over her child(ren) and I can see Mr. Gloop a little like Bob, simple man just trying to own a business. But anyways, they're cute and I enjoy drawing for them.
I'll eventually draw the other kids of Charlie~
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The Joneses from CATS the Musical and the Koothrappalies from The Big Bang Theory.
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Aw, this is so cute and gross at the same time! (Those blood-spatters on Mr. Gloop's apron!)
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That's what I was going for, actually. I was looking at the original costume sketches for the characters and noticed that the designer put a tinge of pink on Mr. Gloop's apron . . . then I just ran with it.Β
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Danke schoen! I'm obsessed with this musical right now. Such an amazing flood of childhood nostalgia.
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Don't you know it! Is Augustus your favorite out of the kids or his he just te one you wanted to draw first?
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*hides* Yes, he's one of my favorites. Unpopular opinion, I know. I don't know why, but I've always had a soft spot for him. Veruca follows in a close second.
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I love Augustus, too! He's like Bustopher Jones, only he's a human and German.Β
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No need to hide secretly he is one of my favorites too...
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I usually don't like admitting that he's my favorite because most people are like "Eww, he's gross. Why do you like him?" I think in the musical, he's adorable and I love his German accent.
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You're reading my mind like a book!!!!!!!
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I don't really like him in the newer one but the musical and old one is adorable
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I think the 2005 movie is closer to what Dahl envisioned for the character, but the musical just makes him so cute that it's hard to think of him as the revolting child described in the book. He's much more of a sympathetic character, especially during the song of his demise.Β
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I think it's actually pretty interesting what the musical does with him, making him not really mean, but just really greedy. And I think it's interesting how they show that Mrs. Gloop's brand of love has made him unable to do anything but eat. So their logic is, he'll be much more useful to the world as confectionery! It's super sadistic and nasty, but kind of appealingly so! And who knows, maybe he made it out fine...?
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In all honestly, I didn't believe the original 1971 Augustus was very greedy or mean like the book. He was just kind of mellow and polite but it was just his love of chocolate that lead to his downfall. And the musical seems to go that same route except for the greed. But they also state in the lyrics that food was comfort and love to Mrs. Gloop, so it does make sense of why he eats the way he does. I was re-reading the original poem the other day and, although my argument was that they really didn't imply he was going to be made into fudge regardless like the new musical's "Auf Wiedersehen", a quick read-through did remind me that Dahl actually went that way, that Augustus would be better to the world as fudge. It's not as gruesome as "Auf Wiedersehen" though.
I alsoΒ find "Auf Wiedersehen, Augustus Gloop" an ironic title because "auf wiedersehen" literally translates as "until we see again". You'll see him again, alright!Β
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I agree! It's so sad in the musical when he says his goodbyes to his mom and I'm just like 
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There's just so much more emotion to him and his demise in the musical. I live in America so it might be a while before I see the musical, but when I do, I'm bringing the tissues for that scene. The love Mrs. Gloop has for her son is so genuine.Β
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I've only watched it on YouTube. But I'll need the tissues too!
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I really hope it comes to Broadway soon. I love Matilda and am dying to see that, but Charlie was my childhood. It was the first film I saw multiple times at the movie theater.
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I can wait for it to come!! Matilda is the best!! Charlie is all of my childhood I know every line from that movie
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Charlie was like the first fandom I ever joined, so it has special meaning to me. So many good memories of 2005 . . .
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Me too!!! When i was in elementary during recess my friends and I would always act out the movie together! It was really awkward because people would stare at us... I was always violet even though I look like veruca... Yeah t was weird
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I did the same thing. 
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It was alway that in ours violet would fall on love with mike veruca with charlie and Augustus would find some random girl Haha!
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I totally ship Mike/Violet. Aww, at least Augustus has someone? When we went to the pool, we used to reenact Augustus' demise, complete with (semi) synchronized swimming Oompa Loompas.
That summer I drove my mom crazy with playing the soundtrack over and over again. She still can't listen to it to this day. XD
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You and I could be secret twins I swear!!! I dove my mom mad with the soundtrack and now with the musical one to haha!!
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Lol maybe~ Right now I'm driving my whole family insane with the musical album as well, but I can't help it. I just found my Charlie poster that I had up till 5th grade and I think I might put it up again.
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I always ask my mom what's wrong with an amazing soundtrack?
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It is indeed amazing. Makes me remember a simpler time. The most ironic thing is that I used to be afriad of the old 1971 film as a younger child (for some reason, Violet's demise freaked me out and I could never get past it). But then I saw the 2005 film in the theatre and had no problem.
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I was the exact same way!! Now I find it funny. One time my friend told me that he was afraid it was gonna happen to all of his friends and family... So I stared a lt him and then said okay.
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I think it might have been the dramatic music and the urgency behind the scene in the original. One of the final lines was Mr. Beaurgarde's "Explode?!?!", so I think that might have been it.
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Yeah. In the new musical they don't give you a chance to be frightened because of that disco beat
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Yeah~ So, which version is your favorite? (In general, not the Violet scene.)
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1. Musical 2. 2005 movie 3. Book 4. The other movie.
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Hmmm. I agree with this placing for the most part, except it's a tie between the book and the 1971 film.
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The old one kind of scared me as a child and ya now awkward memories from it ever since
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The old one still has some fondness even though it scared the crap out of me as a child. I actually met the man who played Mike Teavee in the old version at a convention. Such a nice guy.I'll have to ask him when I see him in July again about what he thinks of the West End musical.
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Okay now I loved the old mike teevee! Lucky you. That would be a great question for him!
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Yeah. He is the character who needs the most updating when they do more adaptions, so I'm gonna ask him how he feels about it.
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Yeah that is true! I feel that he's the most difficult to play and write
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Technology keeps changing and so what was the woes of parents of their children watching too much TV, particularly Westerns in the 70's looks dated in the 2000's. The predominate concern for parents is children being on the computer and violent video games nowadays (as well as TV). So it seems like Mike will have be updated every once in a while when new tech comes along and captures the attention of our youth.Β
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Absolutely!
Speaking of mike, I go to school with this kid who looks and acts and mumbles exactly like the mike from the 2005 movie it's really kind of weird... But I'm okay with it. People tell me I look like the 2005 veruca or the old version violet... I then tell them no I look like me...
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A lot of people can see Mike in some of their friends. XDΒ
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But its kind of cool cause he has the same spike in his hair and always has his phone With him or a game device
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I feel like I'm more Veruca than anyone, although I don't believe I'm horrifically spoiled. But I do share the interest in horseback riding with her lol. I might also be like Augustus, being able to understand some German ( by no means fluent) and my love for chocolate.
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I feel as if I'm 20% Veruca 20% violet 20% charlie 10% mike 10% Augustus and 20% willy wonka.. Yup! I like what I want when I want it, am awkwardly competitive, super nice most of the time, know certain things of tech stuff, and I don't really enjoy chocolate.
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I'm not very techie, so I'm definitely not like Mike. I do love my laptop and iPod very dearly, though.Β
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