What if Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was real?

In real life, the brand Willy Wonka is part of Nestle.

But in universe, it's a separate company. I'm just curious how much of a frenzy will there be if the hunt of the golden tickets occurred in 2005.

Social media in 2005 wasn't widespread yet. Facebook was overshadowed by Friendster and MySpace. The fact smartphones didn't exist yet would mean news would travel minutes slower even if Twitter was established the same year. 

Compare it to having the Golden Ticket craze from 2014 to 2021, the social media frenzy would be like Pokemon Go levels.

Decided to revive this thread due to the discussion.

Everything GREAT about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Part 1

It looks like England or New York in the 1930s. It seems that area is stuck in a time bubble since we are seeing 20s/30s vehicles yet there are also 21st century cars and technology.

The fanfic Bucket of Salt has it set in London in parallel with OTL. Obama is named as Opolo and Trump is named as Crump. The author even got Trump's visit date to London right: June 4, 2019.

The book is definitely about good behavior vs. spoiled children. It has a lesson for us all.

Those people are called Oompa Loompas and it is akin to slavery of the Africans. The Oompa Loompas are alleged to be based on the pygmies in the Congo. Consider that this novel was only published in 1964 and racism was very much a thing in both the U.S. and the UK. Hence, I'm glad that notion of racism was taken out in the Gene Wilder film in 1971 and the 2005 masterpiece.

As for Charlie living alone with Wonka, there have been theories that Wonka is a pedophile/Michael Jackson-type the targets children. Hence, it made sense in the 2005 version that Charlie's condition is to bring his family with Wonka to the factory.

My grandfather got even less he got fruit for his birthday , but in the modern 21st century or almost even in 20th century America or even in the developed world, this is abnormal. In wartime Britain or even postwar Britain, it makes sense. Children deserve to be treated like kids, not over-spoiled like naughty children. I'm not a redcoat however, poverty as shown in the film is unrealistic it is true how super poor people live in tin houses,or even cardboard but this isn't the norm.

The original wonker movie is more realistic depiction of poverty at least for white poor people, but I've not heard a wash would be in operation without it being electric by the 1970s.
(in the original wanker movie the mom helped wash clothes for a living)

Particularly not one run by immigrants in the original one the grandfather looks like he was a veteran shown by his combat boot. Factorys to my knowledge, generally are good wages at least in the developed world. The short people were not necessarily slaving labor at least in the original ones. Well, perhaps he bribed them or legally allowed them to immigrate but kept the news muffled out because of only the government had known about the immigrants and decided it wasn't their secret to selling.

It can be hard for me to spell Oompa Loompas but not only is this not an alternative history which would belong under space bats this is media hub. I meant about a non-electric washer was washing clothes still being done by hand in the US by non-immigrants.

OK thanks…..