I turned on TV today and Charlie & the Chocolate Factory was playing (the Johnny Depp version) and it got me thinking about the seven deadly sins. Hubby and I watch Fullmetal Alchemist on a regular basis, which also has sin representation, and I started wondering if there's any real difference between the two shows.
Willy Wonka has Augustas (Gluttony), Veruca (Envy), Mike (Greed and Wrath), and Violet (Pride). Not all deadly sins are represented, but the few that are show the sins rather transparently. Fullmetal has physical representations of all of the deadly sins, but they have a more human element to them. Some characters can elicit sympathy from the viewer, like Gluttony when he loses Lust.
Wonka's visiting children are portrayed as completely evil, with Charlie being the only exception. They don't listen to their parents nor Wonka and end up almost dying because of their ignorance. All of the homunculi (the sins in Fullmetal) end up dying in the end.
What I'm having time with is deciding which or if either is appropriate to show Luke as he gets older.
This post is what happens when I don't get enough sleep. Ugh.
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