팀 버튼의 <찰리와 초콜릿 공장>과 그로테스크: 뒤틀린 몸과 자본주의

Abstract

Tim Burton fully understands the grotesque nature at the heart of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and Chocolate Factory; Dahl’s work emphasizes the ambiguity and duality of Wonka and exaggerates the body transformation of the children who are punished due to their greed and demeanor. As is indicated in Kayer’s work, the grotesque includes the odd, unnatural, bizarre, strange, funny, ridiculous, and caricatural. Indeed, Burton’s cinema represents Wonka’s introvert and trickish qualities emphatically and provokes uncomfortable laughter and fear. It also exploits terrifying, dark sides of the children and they meet their dooms through becoming deformed, grotesque bodies; greedy Augustus turns into a self-consuming artifact; overly competitive Violet expands into a horrible blueberry; extremely spoilt Veruca becomes “a bad nut.”; destructive Mike is shrunken. At the same time, Burton defamiliarizes capitalism and divulges their devilish, grotesque nature; Veruca’s father, a capitalist, forces his workers to find a golden ticket, which proves the painful, alienated situation of the laborers. He is eventually mocked by another capitalist, Wonka who creates the fantastic chocolate world. Thus the film confirms and critiques capitalism at the same time. The Oompa-Loompas, who jibe the children who indulge in consumerism also symbolizes the ugly nature of capitalism and colonialism. Thus the film deals with the sinister and macabre as well as provides the laughter and entertainment. expected by the target audience.