Willy Wonka's other half

Another quick thought or tie-in (among others) came to me earlier today.

Part of the Faramir story I have been working with here is that there has been a separation between him and his wife, Eowyn.

A common manner of speech in referring to someone's spouse or significant other is to call them one's 'other half'.  For instance, if a husband shows up at a party without his wife, he might say something like "I'm without my other half tonight".  Also sometimes also known or called their "better half".

Which brings me to Willy Wonka.

As a quick reminder I have associated the character/ Being of Faramir with Wonka in certain ways and for various purposes, and Charlie Bucket as Peter-Marsh (and Radagast?), for reasons that aren't fully known to me at this point.  Nevertheless, surprising little hints or details continue to support and build on this assumption.  Willy Wonka's office at the end of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is another one of these little touches.

At the end of the movie, when it appears that Charlie has done something wrong and will not get his lifetime supply of chocolate, they enter Wonka's office, and are greeted with a strange sight.   Wonka's office is entirely filled with objects that are cut in half.  Here is a still shot of the office showing a half safe, and a couple half pictures that Grandpa Joe is looking at:

And here is the video clip of them in the office if you wanted to watch the entire scene where Wonka goes postal on Grandpa Joe, but then then Charlie passes the test, and it is all cool again:

It is extremely bizarre and obviously not very practical to have everything in the office as only a half of itself (as Wonka going over to the safe to retrieve and then read the contract demonstrates).  I did a search to see if there was any commentary on if there was any reason why they did this.  Here is what Wikipedia captures:

Stuart also instructed Goff to have all the props, furniture and fittings, excluding the light bulbs, in Wonka's original office to be cut in half, to reflect the character's eccentricity.  Stuart stated, "I couldn't face the thought of ending the journey through this fabulous factory in an ordinary-looking office."

It isn't really any deeper than that - they wanted to maintain the image of Wonka being somewhat insane (or "eccentric"), so they cut everything in half.  It is all just nonsense for imagery' sake, and no more thought went into it than that.

It is in the nonsensical that sometimes we can have our best chance of finding something meaningful, though.  Particularly when people don't really have a good idea or reason for why they have done something.

So, just why did Stuart have the strange idea to cut all of Wonka's office things in half?  I mean, why did he really have this idea?  Because this character, in some ways, has been created to represent the character of Faramir, and that character is currently separated from his 'other half', or Eowyn.  It is as simple as that.

It is also interesting just how important it was for Stuart to demonstrate that Wonka was crazy.  I mean, I get eccentric, but that office is just plain nuts.  This also goes into some of the symbolism of the Faramir, specifically in the form or character of Abinadi.

Abinadi was called mad or crazy, too, by Noah ("Away with this fellow, and slay him; for what have we to do with him, for he is mad.").  As was Jesus (or perhaps Peter), at least according to the Gospel of John.  It probably won't be the last time Faramir-Abinadi will be called that, either.  I don't think it will be because everything is in half, though, but rather the opposite.  He will be whole and have the truth, but that truth (and thus he) will seem crazy to those who can't or don't want to see it in any other way.