I, Us and Bias

So, Body Impolitic is talking about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the question of whether or not Willy Wonka is genderless, or chocolate gendered or whatever. I mostly feel like I should see the movie before opining on this topic, but I am finding myself surprised to feel some resistance to allow the film entry into the "Playing With Gender" camp. I'm not quite sure what's behind that resistance, but it's almost as if I doubt that a mainstream (albeit Tim Burton) film can possibly be sufficiently serious or political or deliberate to really Play With Gender. Hmmmm.