Whaaaaaa?

My favorite detail, though, is his performance of Pure Imagination. On the surface, the song is charming and inviting, but if you look closely at him throughout the scene, you'll notice that Gene never blinks. He looks around, down at his feet, up at the trees; his eyes never fully close. He moves erratically, stuttering up and down the steps of the chocolate room. The lyrics are warm and friendly, but his face is blank. He bows to permit his visitors to run amok, but his posture is stiff. He helps Violet and Mike reach a couple of treats, but there is no joy in the gesture. The final post-chorus feels like a dirge, a threat, and a warning, all at once; Wonka sits in repose under a tree, but his eyes are glassy and dispassionate. "There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination; / living there / you'll be free / if you truly / wish / to be.......... "

“Hello, HR?  There’s a girl sitting at my desk and she’s getting cooties all over my typewriter!”

Recently Discovered in New Guinea:  Turquoise Monitor Lizard

Sporting a “mesmerizing pattern of turquoise and blue,” the monitor lizard Varanus macraei was discovered on the island of Batanta, off the Peninsula of Papua, in 2001. Reaching up to 3.3 feet (a meter) long, the species “is one of the most spectacular reptile discoveries anywhere,” according to WWF.

ᴩᴀᴏʟᴀ ᴠᴇʟᴀꜱqᴜᴇᴢ