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The Pink Saving the Blue

I had suggested back in this post, in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek fashion, that L. Frank Baum’s Sky Island could count as a white savior narrative, as the white American travelers save the island (or at least the Blue Country) from … Continue reading →

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Funerals Are No Help to Fairyland

As L. Frank Baum developed Oz, he eventually made it a place where no one dies, although he wasn’t always totally consistent on this point. In The Tin Woodman of Oz, he reports that death and aging stopped when Lurline … Continue reading →

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How to Succeed in Ozian Politics

When Benny, the living statue from Boston in Ruth Plumly Thompson’s The Giant Horse of Oz, arrives in Oz, he asks the Scarecrow if the country is a republic. The straw man replies, “Indeed not! We are a magic monarchy … Continue reading →

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Naughty, Naughty Boolooroo

I’ve written about Sky Island and its government before, but not so much specifically about the Boolooroo, the main villain in L. Frank Baum’s Sky Island. “Boolooroo” is actually the title for the King of the Blue Country, but this … Continue reading →

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