Remember that viral Willy Wonka "immersive experience" fail? It's getting turned into a musical.
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Earlier this year, a botched "Willy Wonka" exhibit in Glasgow, Scotland, went viral – because what was promised to be an immersive experience filled with fun and candy was far from that. Instead, it was a largely barren warehouse with lackluster decorations and no chocolate. Now, the experience – which outraged some attendees enough to call the cops – is being turned into a musical.
"Willy's Candy Spectacular," a musical parody, will premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. Several songs from the musical have been released on YouTube ahead of the premiere – including one featuring John Stamos, who sings a song "that traces the downfall of civilization back to the disastrous event in Glasgow."
Billed as the "Fyre Fest of Fudge" – referring to the botched 2017 musical festival in the Bahamas – the musical will uncover how the AI-influenced experience came to be an outrage-inducing flop.
