Raisin In The Sun Movie Comparison

streets and poverty and become someone. That is one of the common or played up internal struggle of a black man and is used in many other movies. For instance, the play A Raisin in the Sun explores the idea of a black man wanting to move on up. This movie also shows us how the upper class doesn’t realize how hard the lower class have it. Viewers would be more prone to root for Charlie because he doesn’t have “anything.” The golden ticket scene in the beginning when Charlie is lucky enough to get one signifies that it was possible for anyone to get one. There were no limitations on who could get a golden ticket.

One major thing that would be different is the fact that this movie would allow an African American actor to play a role without

Charlie will be his successor and learn everything about chocolate and continue inspiring the world with new creations. In the remake film by Tim Burton Charlie first refuses to move into the factory because Willy Wonka does not want Charlies family to move in. Charlie is very much family oriented. His concern for his family and their wellbeing would be the same if a white or black actor played his character. Willy Wonka comes to his senses and realizes that if that’s important to him then he should let them live in the Factory. Willy Wonka was truly looking for an innovative soul that was not greedy like Veruca, boastful like Violet, lazy like Mike, or glutinous like Augustus. He wanted someone that would be proud of whatever he could get and that truly was Charlie. Throughout the film, we see Charlies full trust in Wonka which is paralleled between the other kid’s parents thinking that Wonka is a freak. Charlie is excited by every aspect of the Factory whether it be the candy room with the large chocolate river, or the invention room with loud buzzing machines, he even loves the flying elevator which scares the other parents. His willingness to try things and have fun can be played by any race. But one thing to note is would Charlie be a double conscious individual? Would his white parents be able to explain racism and the problems African Americans face? It is an interesting concept that might be too farfetched if we are to not be changing the script at all from the original but alas it does hold some merit. In the article, by Professor Perry of Santa Clara University called Family Values: Racism, Feminism, and Public Policy, she talks about how “ raising their children, black parents generally employ and pass on a "double consciousness, In which the values that seem to be promoted in the larger society must be