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The Wizard of OZ: A cautionary tale for girls?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote ---Bryan also fits the allegorical reference to the Cowardly Lion in that he retreated from his support of free silver after economic conditions improved in the late 1890s.
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That could explain it. :)
Front-Ranger:
I didn't realize the movie will be 70 this year, so we are likely to be hearing a lot about it. An interesting factoid is that the shoes were originally silver in the story. The producers changed them to red to show off their Technicolor technology. Dang, that blows my theory about Dorothy putting on the red dress shoes.
Front-Ranger:
Time to bump this thread in honour of Judy Garland's birthday (as Jeff Wrangler [thanks, Jeff] reminded us)! Guess who's on tap to play Ms. Garland in a biopic? Our own Anne Hathaway!! If Michelle = Marilyn Monroe, then Anne = Judy Garland!!
Anyone remember that old movie with Sean Connery called Zardoz? Why would that be relevant here, I wonder???
Jeff Wrangler:
If you pay close attention to The Wizard of Oz, you can catch a reference to a segment that was not included in the final version of the film.
As the Wicked Witch of the West sends her flying monkeys to capture Dorothy and Toto, she tells them that she has sent an insect ahead of the monkeys "to take the fight out of them" (Dorothy and the others). The witch's comment about the insect is a reference to a musical number called "The Jitterbug," which remains in existence on film but was not included in the final cut.
southendmd:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYHeW5_lYaY&feature=related[/youtube]
The Jitterbug!
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