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I grew up poor. I think part of the reason I've always been a fan of that film was because Charlie was the first poor kid I had seen in a movie. I'm not an emotional man but the end still makes me tear up a bit, made me ball my eyes out with happiness when I was 10. "So shines a good deed in a weary world", thanks for that Gene.

If it's been a while: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgVS1OhucbI

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It got growing up poor better than many others. To see all the other kids stuffing themselves with candy and to be left out of that society just because of a lack of money - that was such a great visceral scene to watch growing up.

But it managed that without sentiment. Dahl had such a deft touch. the book is, of course, a top level masterpiece of children's fiction. It was unashamedly pointed about moral issues in a way no other children's books I've read are.

The irony is of course that Charlie never had the resources to develop the bad habits the other children had.

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