Friday, March 13, 2009

The Wizard of Oz

The whole premise of this film is absurd: from the beginning, we're supposed to not sympathize with someone who is upset that a dog bit her. What an evil woman, acting mad that Toto bit her. Instead, we're supposed to side with Lucille Ostero Sr., whose innocent dog did nothing but bite a woman on the leg. But anyway, then the Wicked Witch of the East is killed and Glinda, the Witch of the North, advises Dorothy to follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City. I always fell asleep before the ending, so I never knew the Emerald City has a shop of massage therapists, where the Cowardly Lion gets a perm. Then the Wicked Witch of the West, who looks an awful lot like Almira Gulch, melts due to water. The wizard says, "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain." And that's about it.

The reason to watch it a second time? The Lollipop Guild and the Lullaby League.

1 comment:

michaelgellis said...

you know that the wicked witch of the west faked her death, right? yeah, over a boy. dumb, i know.