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Winners and Choosers

After looking at the notion of people chosen by the gods, I became curious as to how the concept of a specific person being the Chosen One originated. It’s a pretty common trope in fantasy, someone being prophesied to save the world … Continue reading →

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OzCon Online

Since physical gatherings are a bad idea these days, OzCon International in California was canceled this year, but some attendees decided to do a virtual one, live from the Valley of Virtula. No, not really; that’s the prehistoric name for … Continue reading →

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Oz Above, So Below

Although not in the book, MGM’s idea to have counterparts for all the main Oz characters in Kansas was popular enough to feature in pretty much every other major Oz film. Something interesting that I heard in the Hungry Reader’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dreams, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged china country, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dr. worley, glinda, gump, jack pumpkinhead, mombi, nome king, nurse wilson, oz: the great and powerful, ozma, return to oz, Ruby Slippers, the marvelous land of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, walter murch, winged monkeys, wizard of oz |

Tough But Fairy

Maleficent – I remember hearing a lot about this live-action reinterpretation of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty before it came out, but not so much afterwards. It apparently did well at the box office, however, and I understand they’re planning a sequel. … Continue reading →

Name That Witch

This picture spawned some conversation on Facebook about the name of the Wicked Witch of the West. As you probably know, the name Elphaba is from Gregory Maguire’s Wicked, and was derived from that of L. Frank Baum. The Wicked … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Edward Einhorn, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a foolish fable from oz, alexander volkov, darrell spradlyn, eric gjovaag, gregory maguire, jared davis, joe bongiorno, magic land, mombi, oz: the great and powerful, sherwood smith, sinister gases in oz, the emerald wand of oz, the living house of oz, the wiz, the wizard of oz (1939), wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, witches of the west |

Return to Philmland

Oh, I see. Legends of Oz was a flop because of a vast Hollywood conspiracy to take it down. “Here’s to the failure of another movie promoting those Magic Belt thieves!” You know how I know that isn’t true? Because … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged captain fyter, china country, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, dr. pipt, glinda, good witch of the north, ku-klip, legends of oz: dorothy's return, lord of the rings, mombi, nimmie amee, oz: the great and powerful, ozma, ozma of oz, peter jackson, return to oz, roger baum, the hobbit, the marvelous land of oz, the road to oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, tippetarius |

I’m Just a Jester Gesturing

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return – Based on the book Dorothy of Oz by Roger Stanton Baum, that was also its working title. I can only figure they changed it in hopes of launching a franchise, but since the film … Continue reading →

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You’ve Got to Hide Your History Away

The Hidden History of Oz, Book One: The Witch Queens, by Tarl Telford – This series is a prequel to the Oz books proper, an idea that’s been done a few times, from Hugh Pendexter’s Oz and the Three Witches … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Hugh Pendexter, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged gayelette, glinda, oz and the three witches, oz: the great and powerful, smith and tinker, tarl telford, the hidden history of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the witch queens, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz |

Girl Power in Oz

Joe Roth, the producer of Oz the Great and Powerful, has gone on record as saying he liked the story because “a fairy tale with a male protagonist is very hard to come by.” Obviously, this has raised the question … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Fairy Tales, Feminism, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged cap'n bill, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, glinda, jinjur, joe roth, oz: the great and powerful, ozma, return to oz, shaggy man, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, trot griffiths, wizard of oz |

Great and Powerful Nitpicks

Since I’m not one to leave well enough alone, I’m following up my review of Oz the Great and Powerful with this list of geeky issues and bits of trivia. Why would Theodora immediately tell Oscar, “You’re in Oz”? Granted, … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Hugh Pendexter, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged betsy baker, betsy bobbin, glinda, mgm, oz: the great and powerful, ozma, the patchwork girl of oz, the wizard of oz, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz |