Leap # 1 Podcast
According to Hobbs, critically Analyzing a mentor text, you can generate ideas that may develop and deepen your thinking, leading your work to become more substantive and important (2017, p.68). I will be using the five questions from page 68 to complete my critical analysis of the podcast that I listened to.
Who is the author and what is the purpose of this message?
The podcast Let’s talk about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the 1971and 2005 film adaptations, and race was composed by Morgan Jaffe on February 9, 2017. This podcast talks about the 1964 book of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Willy Wonka movie that was released in 1971, revised edition of his book in1973 and the Charlie and the chocolate factory movie that was released in 2005.
I believe that Morgan Jaffe is trying to inform us about some of the controversies that were in the original 1964 book. Many people that have read Charlie and the Chocolate factory books wouldn’t know of these controversies unless they completed research about Willy Wonka. This podcast also reviews some of the history at the time that this book was published. She compares the books and movies and makes connections to parts of our history.
Who is the author and what is the purpose of this message?
The podcast Let’s talk about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the 1971and 2005 film adaptations, and race was composed by Morgan Jaffe on February 9, 2017. This podcast talks about the 1964 book of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Willy Wonka movie that was released in 1971, revised edition of his book in1973 and the Charlie and the chocolate factory movie that was released in 2005.
I believe that Morgan Jaffe is trying to inform us about some of the controversies that were in the original 1964 book. Many people that have read Charlie and the Chocolate factory books wouldn’t know of these controversies unless they completed research about Willy Wonka. This podcast also reviews some of the history at the time that this book was published. She compares the books and movies and makes connections to parts of our history.
She brings to our attention that the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book that was written in 1964 had offensive/racial information in it. In the Roald Dahl’s 1964 edition of the book the Oompa-Loompas were African Pygmies smuggled directly from Africa. She compares Roald Dahl’s smuggling of the Oompa-Loompas to the Trans Atlantic Slave trade. She continues to talk about what it was like in the US during the 1960s. She spoke about Dr. Martin Luther King’s Speech and being awarded the Noble Peace Prize, the 24th amendment being amended, and Malcolm X & Dr. King were also both assassinated during that time.
More controversy came about in 1971 when director Mel Stewart was getting ready to produce the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory based on the1964 book. The NAACP and the Black Panther’s activist groups were protesting/ boycotting the release of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory movie. These activist groups wanted the director to change the way the Oompa-Loompas were being depicted in the movie because they wanted to let everyone know that black people were just as good as anyone else. The movie director agreed to change the way the Oompa-Loompas were going to look by changing the African Pygmies to orange- faced characters with green hair in the 1971 movie. Other changes had to be made as well, the Oompa-Loompas originally were smuggled from Africa and now the director had to changed the wording to being transported from Loompa Land.
More controversy came about in 1971 when director Mel Stewart was getting ready to produce the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory based on the1964 book. The NAACP and the Black Panther’s activist groups were protesting/ boycotting the release of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory movie. These activist groups wanted the director to change the way the Oompa-Loompas were being depicted in the movie because they wanted to let everyone know that black people were just as good as anyone else. The movie director agreed to change the way the Oompa-Loompas were going to look by changing the African Pygmies to orange- faced characters with green hair in the 1971 movie. Other changes had to be made as well, the Oompa-Loompas originally were smuggled from Africa and now the director had to changed the wording to being transported from Loompa Land.
Eleanor Cameron wrote an article to Horn Book about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. There were many other letters sent to Horn Book in response to this article including one from Roald Dahl himself. We are not exactly sure why but after all this controversy Roald Dahl decided to have his publishing companies revise his book in 1973. The revisions reflected some of the movie revisions and now the Oompa-Loompas were depicted as little white people with rosy cheeks. Morgan Jaffe said that they were hippies and compared them to the black connotation of hippies.
Morgan Jaffe also spoke about the 2005 movie directed by Tim Burton called Charlie and the Chocolate factory. In this version of the movie the Oompa-Loompas had brown skin/ of Indian descent that were imported from Loompa Land. They were also branded with WW for Willy Wonka. Morgan Jaffe compared the branding of the Oompa-Loompas with the way the slaves were branded with numbers noting that they were treated differently. Tim Burton the director wasn’t trying to run away from the racial issues in this version of the movie.
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What creative techniques are used to attract and hold the audience attention?
According to Hobbs, “Good speakers begin with the punch line, stating their main idea in the opening minutes of their talk” (2017, p.130). I believe that Morgan Jaffe did exactly this when she started this podcast by giving us a quick overview of the theme of the book and spoke about the two movies that were produce based on this book. Then she asks a question that hooks us into wanting to find the answer. Many people have seen the 1971 movie and the 2005 movie but did you know that the Oompa-Loompas were originally depicted as African Pygmies? This beginning makes you want to listen to the rest of the podcast to hear what she has to say about the Oompa-Loompas and the controversy that surrounded the book. Hobbs (2017), also writes about the digital storyteller and how this person needs to practice using emotional tones when reading or speaking. I believe that Morgan Jaffe is a good digital storyteller because she is able to use her voice to entice us to listen to the entire podcast. When listening to her speak in the podcast I can tell She was well informed and clearly researched the topic before recording the podcast.
She may have written a script of what she wanted to say in the podcast. She didn’t falter in her speech and seemed to know exactly how long each voice clip was going to last in the podcast. As she was speaking she sounded relaxed, she used a variety of pace, pitch, and volume. Morgan Jaffe also knew the power of sound and music because she broke up he talk with clips from the Willy Wonka video. She used music in the background talking over the music to share commentary on the video clips and adding some connections to the related history. In the podcast Morgan was very well read and used this knowledge to share facts about our US history, the history of the Wonka candy, a few biographies, as well as a Hornbook article. During the podcast Morgan Jaffe tried to encompass us into the podcast by asking us questions. This was a brilliant strategy to keep us listening to the podcast. She also asked a questions like; did you know about chapter 3? What is the reader or audience supposed to take away from this story? What have we learned today?
How might different people interpret this message differently?
People’s interpretation of the podcast can vary from person to person. Many people have read the Charlie and the Chocolate factory books and many people have watched the movies from 1971 and 2005, this has made the book more popular and entertaining. According to Morgan Jaffe some people have had negative feelings about the book due to the fact that Roald Dahl’s description of the Oompa-Loompas especially because they were depicted as African Pygmies in the 1964 book. The NAACP and the Black Panther groups would definitely appreciate this podcast because it spreads the history of changes that occurred in the revised copy of the 1964 Charlie and the Chocolate factory book, due to their hard work and determination of the activist groups. Some people might enjoy listening to the history presented in this podcast. I am sure librarians would also appreciate knowing about the history of the different versions of the Charlie and the Chocolate factory book. They would also be interested in the fact that Morgan Jaffe did some research on her own to read a review in the Horn book magazine about the 1964 edition of Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
What lifestyles, values, and points of view are presented?
This podcast values people’s differences and the fact that everyone should be treated equally. Books have a way of including parts of our history even though we may not initially recognize it. This podcast values our US history and Morgan Jaffe does a good job making connections to the books that she reads. Morgan Jaffe clearly understands the power of research, comparing books & movies and making connections. Reading a variety of texts/videos seem to emerge from this podcast as well since Morgan Jaffe read from a variety of sources. Clearly Morgan Jaffe knows a lot about creating a podcast and audio recordings and the power of narrative persuasion.
What is omitted?
Things missing from the podcast are the backstory of why Charlie and the Chocolate factory were written in the first place. Information was missing about Roald Dahl as an author and how all this controversy affected him. Everyone was focused on the Oompa-Loompas, but what about the women and what roles did they play? They mentioned the fact that many people were not happy with this text, but what were the numbers and was there anyone that stood up for the author of the book? Morgan Jaffe didn’t mention anything about the Oompa-Loompas being so small. Were they supposed to be children or are they dwarfs? What kind of controversy did that cause?
According to Hobbs, “Good speakers begin with the punch line, stating their main idea in the opening minutes of their talk” (2017, p.130). I believe that Morgan Jaffe did exactly this when she started this podcast by giving us a quick overview of the theme of the book and spoke about the two movies that were produce based on this book. Then she asks a question that hooks us into wanting to find the answer. Many people have seen the 1971 movie and the 2005 movie but did you know that the Oompa-Loompas were originally depicted as African Pygmies? This beginning makes you want to listen to the rest of the podcast to hear what she has to say about the Oompa-Loompas and the controversy that surrounded the book. Hobbs (2017), also writes about the digital storyteller and how this person needs to practice using emotional tones when reading or speaking. I believe that Morgan Jaffe is a good digital storyteller because she is able to use her voice to entice us to listen to the entire podcast. When listening to her speak in the podcast I can tell She was well informed and clearly researched the topic before recording the podcast.
She may have written a script of what she wanted to say in the podcast. She didn’t falter in her speech and seemed to know exactly how long each voice clip was going to last in the podcast. As she was speaking she sounded relaxed, she used a variety of pace, pitch, and volume. Morgan Jaffe also knew the power of sound and music because she broke up he talk with clips from the Willy Wonka video. She used music in the background talking over the music to share commentary on the video clips and adding some connections to the related history. In the podcast Morgan was very well read and used this knowledge to share facts about our US history, the history of the Wonka candy, a few biographies, as well as a Hornbook article. During the podcast Morgan Jaffe tried to encompass us into the podcast by asking us questions. This was a brilliant strategy to keep us listening to the podcast. She also asked a questions like; did you know about chapter 3? What is the reader or audience supposed to take away from this story? What have we learned today?
How might different people interpret this message differently?
People’s interpretation of the podcast can vary from person to person. Many people have read the Charlie and the Chocolate factory books and many people have watched the movies from 1971 and 2005, this has made the book more popular and entertaining. According to Morgan Jaffe some people have had negative feelings about the book due to the fact that Roald Dahl’s description of the Oompa-Loompas especially because they were depicted as African Pygmies in the 1964 book. The NAACP and the Black Panther groups would definitely appreciate this podcast because it spreads the history of changes that occurred in the revised copy of the 1964 Charlie and the Chocolate factory book, due to their hard work and determination of the activist groups. Some people might enjoy listening to the history presented in this podcast. I am sure librarians would also appreciate knowing about the history of the different versions of the Charlie and the Chocolate factory book. They would also be interested in the fact that Morgan Jaffe did some research on her own to read a review in the Horn book magazine about the 1964 edition of Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
What lifestyles, values, and points of view are presented?
This podcast values people’s differences and the fact that everyone should be treated equally. Books have a way of including parts of our history even though we may not initially recognize it. This podcast values our US history and Morgan Jaffe does a good job making connections to the books that she reads. Morgan Jaffe clearly understands the power of research, comparing books & movies and making connections. Reading a variety of texts/videos seem to emerge from this podcast as well since Morgan Jaffe read from a variety of sources. Clearly Morgan Jaffe knows a lot about creating a podcast and audio recordings and the power of narrative persuasion.
What is omitted?
Things missing from the podcast are the backstory of why Charlie and the Chocolate factory were written in the first place. Information was missing about Roald Dahl as an author and how all this controversy affected him. Everyone was focused on the Oompa-Loompas, but what about the women and what roles did they play? They mentioned the fact that many people were not happy with this text, but what were the numbers and was there anyone that stood up for the author of the book? Morgan Jaffe didn’t mention anything about the Oompa-Loompas being so small. Were they supposed to be children or are they dwarfs? What kind of controversy did that cause?
Resources:
Cameron, E. (1972). MuLuham, youth and literature: Part 1. Horn Book. Retrieved from http://www.hbook.com/1972/10/vhe/controversies-v/mcluhan-youth-and-literature-part-i-2/
Dahl, R. (1973). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory A reply February 27th. Horn Book. Retrieved from http://www.hbook.com/1973/02/vhe/controversies-v/charlie-chocolate-factory-reply/
Hobbs, R. (2017). Create to Learn: Introduction to Digital Literacy. New York: Wiley.
Jaffe, M. (2017, February 9). Charlie and the chocolate factory. Burst your bubble podcast. Podcast retrieved from https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ep03-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/id1192601814?i=1000380995874&mt=2
Images:
Bing,com. (2018). 2005 version Oompa-Loompa dressed in orange suit [Digital Image]. Retrieved from http://www.jennchantal.com/charlie_04.jpg
McMean, K. (2014, July 18) 1971 Version of the Oompa-Loompas [Digital Image]. Retrieved from http://www.keithmcmean.co.uk/scarcity-positioning/
McBenBen, B. (2012, March 14) 1964 version of the Oompa Loompa [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/13079/are-oompa-loompas-human
YouTube Videos
[Movieclips Trailer Vault]. (2014, July 18). Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971) Official Trailer - Gene Wilder, Roald Dahl Movie HD [YouTube Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cBja3AbahY
[Movieclips TrAILER VAULT]. (2013, February 22]. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Official Trailer #1- Johnny Deep Movie HD [YouTube Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFVGCUIXJls
Cameron, E. (1972). MuLuham, youth and literature: Part 1. Horn Book. Retrieved from http://www.hbook.com/1972/10/vhe/controversies-v/mcluhan-youth-and-literature-part-i-2/
Dahl, R. (1973). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory A reply February 27th. Horn Book. Retrieved from http://www.hbook.com/1973/02/vhe/controversies-v/charlie-chocolate-factory-reply/
Hobbs, R. (2017). Create to Learn: Introduction to Digital Literacy. New York: Wiley.
Jaffe, M. (2017, February 9). Charlie and the chocolate factory. Burst your bubble podcast. Podcast retrieved from https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ep03-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/id1192601814?i=1000380995874&mt=2
Images:
Bing,com. (2018). 2005 version Oompa-Loompa dressed in orange suit [Digital Image]. Retrieved from http://www.jennchantal.com/charlie_04.jpg
McMean, K. (2014, July 18) 1971 Version of the Oompa-Loompas [Digital Image]. Retrieved from http://www.keithmcmean.co.uk/scarcity-positioning/
McBenBen, B. (2012, March 14) 1964 version of the Oompa Loompa [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/13079/are-oompa-loompas-human
YouTube Videos
[Movieclips Trailer Vault]. (2014, July 18). Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971) Official Trailer - Gene Wilder, Roald Dahl Movie HD [YouTube Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cBja3AbahY
[Movieclips TrAILER VAULT]. (2013, February 22]. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Official Trailer #1- Johnny Deep Movie HD [YouTube Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFVGCUIXJls