Viewers call Netflix 'disgusting’: Wonka’s Golden Ticket receives huge backlash to its AI Gene Wilder voice, and I saw it coming from a mile away
Oh Netflix, you have a lot of apologizing to do.
Its latest reality game show, Wonka’s Golden Ticket, hasn’t even been on the platform for 24 hours, and it's already found itself in the midst of scathing criticism for, you guessed it, its controversial use of AI.
To put it into context, the show takes inspiration from the beloved 1971 movie musical with Gene Wilder, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. In the game show, a group of contestants is thrust into a series of themed challenges filmed on elaborate sets based on the original movie’s fantastical aesthetic.
The first seven episodes are available to stream now, and the final two episodes will be released on September 30 where the champions will be revealed.
From its first teasers, I knew the show had already begun its downward spiral before it even saw the light of day. For me,...
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