The Week contest: Worst Wonka

This week's question: An "immersive" Willy Wonka-themed event in Scotland ended with children crying, after the candy-filled spectacular promised in ads turned out to be a nearly empty warehouse, where young guests got only a couple of jellybeans. If Hollywood were to make a movie about this deeply disappointing wonderland, what should it be titled?
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THE WINNER: “Pure Exaggeration”
Cary Wiger, New Albany, Indiana
SECOND PLACE: “Slugworth’s Revenge”
Julie Schwerin, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
THIRD PLACE: “The Candy Man Can’t”
Claire Williams, Louisville, Kentucky
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Walter White and the Chocolate Factory”
Ryan Starzee, Northport, New York
“Malice in Wonderland”
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Willy Wonky”
George Strong, Plano, Texas
“Like Water Instead of Chocolate”
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
“A Soured Batch of Kids”
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
“There’s a Sucker Bored Every Minute”
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Virginia
“Missed Confections”
Dave Grossman, Petaluma, California
“The Candyman Can, But Chooses Not To”
Ash Sharman, Fairfax, Virginia
“The Sweets Not Here or After”
Randall Swanson, Saranac Lake, New York
“Candy Con”
Sylvia Lewis, Greenbelt, Maryland
“The Candy Swipers”
Mark Flandreau, Waxhaw, North Carolina
“A World of Poor Impersonation”
Anne Butman, Green Valley, Arizona
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