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Johnny Depp becomes a sensitive pitchman for the power of packaged-goods selling in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which Warner Bros. releases Friday. In the movie, Mike Teavee, an American boy gone bad on grunge rock and first-person shooter video games, challenges Willie Wonka (Depp) to explain his teleportation device. Wonka sees his invention as a candy-commercial delivery system, allowing gigantic chocolate bars to be disintegrated and reconstructed physically on television sets during programs. (The lab test humorously treats the bar as if it’s the
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