Those creating digital graphics off of the meme often use strategies based on characterizing Willy Wonka’s face as condescending or sarcastic.Īlthough Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka was not acting particularly sarcastic in the film segment from which the frame was taken, his posture and his expression in the frame are often perceived to be sharp and condescending. The Willy Wonka meme is a set of memes and digital expressions based on a frozen frame of the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
