Photo Faux Pas: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Photo Faux Pas: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Like most people, I think, I’m confused by Penguin UK’s adultified 50th anniversary cover choice for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

According to the Facebook post, where the cover was revealed, “This new image for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory looks at the children at the centre of the story, and highlights the way Roald Dahl’s writing manages to embrace both the light and the dark aspects of life.”

The original image by Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello is called “Mommie Dearest,” and it’s even creepier uncropped. Check it out:

MommieDearest

 

By way of comparison, here are a few old, appropriate covers through the years:

Quentin Blake
Quentin Blake
2004
Michael Foreman
Michael Foreman
1985
Ivan Brunetti
Ivan Brunetti
2011
Joseph Schindelman
Joseph Schindelman
1964

 

 

 

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One response to “Photo Faux Pas: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Taran Atreides

It ought to be the cover for The Stepford Wives 2: Next Gen

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