An original backstory to Grandpa Joe's past was added to Tim Burton's film adapation. In both the book and the film, Joe merely knows of Willy Wonka.
In Burton's film, it is said that Joe actually worked for Wonka for five years, beginning when Wonka opened his first candy shop, until the day he fired all his workers from his factory. He then tells this to Wonka, and is welcomed back. He constantly talks about getting out of bed to support his family but never does get out of bed until Charlie finds the Golden Ticket.
On the tour Grandpa Joe encourages Charlie to disobey Wonka's orders by stealing Fizzy Lifting Drinks, later criticizing Wonka for threatening to give Charlie nothing simply because of that one mistake.
The character was played by David Kelly in the film adaptation, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Gregory Peck was originally slated to play the role, but he died before filming began.
The fact that he even has "tobacco money" is a goddamn travesty. The family can barely afford a bowl of cabbage soup for a malnourished growing boy and yet this fuck squirrels away cash to smoke his worries away in the immediate presence of not only said boy but three other invalids who surely shouldn't be exposed to secondhand smoke. No, go ahead and enjoy your cheeb, Grandpa Joe, while literally every other member of your family is on death's doorstep, except you, you lithe, slick dancing con man.
The Facebook page was created in , but the seeds of Grandpa Joe hate were planted on the internet much earlier. Looking past its impressive design, the site offers an exhaustive analysis of the film and draws more than a few shocking conclusions. While most of the anger on the Facebook page toward Joe stems from the fact that he stayed in bed for years, leaving Charlie's mother to provide for the family until the opportunity for a fun adventure came around, the Say No site finds more nuanced reasons to loathe the man.
Evidence of Grandpa Joe's misogny is laid out:. He doesn't say anything derogatory about the fast-talking Sam Beauregard, the seemingly mad Wonka, or even the vile Slugworth9. He heaps all his invective on women throughout the story. Dahl employs an overly familiar writing style, in which he talks to his reader as if telling the story out loud to an audience.
He does this in order to point out to the reader important details, such as with whom to sympathize. Dahl accentuates these hardships through the use of italicizing and further through the use of exclamation points.
SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Character List Charlie Bucket Mr. Willy Wonka Grandpa Joe. Themes Motifs Symbols. Important Quotes Explained. Mini Essays Suggested Essay Topics. Summary Chapters 1 and 2.
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