Kurt Gerwitz

Willy Wonka:
‘64 Book and ‘71 Movie
‘72 Book sequel “Glass Elevator” in title.
‘73 Book revision
‘05 Movie with Johnny Depp
‘05 Video game

The history of the Oompa Loompa is one for the archives, no doubt.
1964 book: The oompa loompa is an African pygmie.
1971 movie: The oompa loompa is the green haired orange fellow we all love to fear and dream about.
1973 book’s revision: The NAACP complains and the editor’s rewrite history to make the oompa loompa as a golden brown haired pale whitie from Loompaland, not Africa.
2005 movie: The oompa loompa is an amazon pygmie from loompaland.

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