Helium Blog 1 - Emily Jones

For my first Helium Blog I read about which actor, Johnny Depp or Gene Wilder, portrayed the character Willy Wonka better in the movies "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". I learned quite a bit about the writing style of Gene Wilder, and how different people have different opinions on the same aspect of the movie. Depending on which actor the authors of the blogs preferred, they would either like or dislike the aspect of Johnny Depp being a little more dark and mysterious. This was also true for Gene Wilder's depiction of being so warm hearted and caring. The best essay I thought was by Rebecca Miller, who liked Johnny Depp's character more. She used plenty of examples in her Blog about Gene Wilder's other books and the genres of these to help examine what Gene wanted out of the character. She recalled a video clip that she had seen with Gene's daughter to also give insight on to what she thought the characters main role was. A little lesser rated article was about Gene's character being warm and fuzzy and a good depiction for a children's book. This essay was also very short and did not give any examples of further research on the topic which made it rather boring to read. I would approach the essay in a similar fashion to that of Rebecca Miller, she had actual insight into the mind of the writer. Even if I did not agree with her opinion in choice of character, I think I would try to research why Gene Wilder was chosen for that role prior to writing my essay about the topic.