Yet there is a long, varied and largely untold history of films made for 'family' audiences of adults and children outside the United States, and of non-Disney family films in Hollywood. "Thanks to their huge market success, animations from The Disney Company and blockbuster franchises like Harry Potter have dominated 'family film' production. What is revealed is that the political and historical context in which these texts were produced not only affects the narrative but also the visual depictions of the Oompa-Loompas. This study moves beyond a traditional film analysis by comparing and cross analyzing the narratives from the films to the original written texts and places them within their political and his- torical context. This research traces the changing depictions of the Oompa-Loompas throughout the written and film text of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory narra- tive while questioning the power dynamics between Willy Wonka and the Oompa-Loompas characters. Finally, in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Tim Burton portrays the Oompa-Loompas as little brown skin people. In Dahl’s 1973 revision of this text he depicts the Oompa-Loompas as white. Yet, in 1971 Mel Stuart’s film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory the Oompa- Loompas are portrayed as little people with orange skin and green hair. In his 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl de- picts the iconic Oompa-Loompas as African Pygmy people.
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