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Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience Being Adapted as Musical Satire by Richard Kraft and Riki Lindhome
After a disastrous Willy Wonka 'immersive' experience in Glasgow set the internet ablaze, the fiasco is getting the musical satire treatment.
The misguided event, falsely marketed to families as an elaborate experience worthy of Willy Wonka’s fictional chocolate factory, captured viral attention worldwide as it morphed into a nightmare not unlike the infamous Fyre Fest. Guests paid for overpriced tickets to enter a creepy warehouse filled with sad Oompa Loompa wannabes and underwhelming production design. Children reportedly left in tears, the police were called and the debacle was ultimately canceled, leaving organizers and guests with a bitter taste in their mouths (and wallets).
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