Does Willy Wonka Know How to Run a Damn Competition?

About this episode

The episode critiques Willy Wonka's management of his competition and the implications for Charlie, the winner.

Jackson is so mad at Wonka that he forgot the golden rule of running a competition: the goal for the company, or in this instance, the man, is to get as much money as humanly possible. Jackson is so hellbent on Charlie becoming Wonka’s heir that he has perhaps forgotten that Willy Wonka is a famous dirtbag, liar and exploiter of workers. Perhaps with an incredible record setting year in chocolate sales, Wonka has picked this moment to scarper with all those funds and then give the key to his “fortune” to some stupid child who was too busy sucking down snozzberries to realise he had been scammed. Charlie is a literal child, he doesn’t know anything about taxes, shareholders or ROI. Two years down the line, he’s going to get a knock on the door while Wonka has disappeared into the wind, laying down on some beautiful island getting his snozzberry slopped off. We’d say not that island, but truth be told, would you be surprised if Wonka’s name appeared on a list? Charlie is going to rot in jail. Idiot child. Just like Jacksom. Links to everything at https://linktr.ee/plumbingthedeathstar including our terrible merch, social media garbage and where to become a subscriber to Bad Brain…

People in this episode

Host: Jackson

Topics covered

• Willy Wonka
• competition
• chocolate sales
• child exploitation
• business ethics

Keywords

• Willy Wonka
• Charlie
• competition
• chocolate
• business ethics
• exploitation
• snozzberries

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bad Brain Boys+, Acast

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