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‘Wonka’ Is an Everlasting Gobstopper of Ridiculousness (www.thedailybeast.com)
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Everything about the new musical origin story starring Timothée Chalamet is derivative and cloying.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

First sentence:

Crafting an origin story for a character who doesn’t need one

This sums up pretty much every franchise origin story and prequel.