Lickable wallpaper. An edible garden replete with gummy foliage. A chocolate river made of 25,000 gallons of chocolate goop.
\n\nNods to the “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” films appear everywhere in Netflix’s new reality competition show “Wonka’s The Golden Ticket.”
\n\nBut the show, which debuted on the streamer Wednesday, also embraces the darker elements of Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s book and subsequent films. Unlike the original story, which ultimately rewards protagonist Charlie for his humility and lack of greed after a tour of Wonka’s whimsical chocolate factory, Netflix’s series incentivizes contestants to scheme and strategize to win a $3 million prize.
\n\n“This is the modern-day take on the movie, so we weren’t really ever trying to be the morality police. We never ever wanted to set out to be the producers that dictated who behaved well and who behaved poorly,” said showrunner Emer Harkin. “Because let’s be real, we’re all human. We all make mistakes. We all misbehave. We seek redemption. We all have our inflected storylines, and so that was important for us.”
\n\nYet when the trailer dropped earlier this year, fans of the pop culture classic appeared less preoccupied with the reality twist on the story than…
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