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Friday, August 13, 2010

Douglas Roberts- The Wizard of Oz

I chose Baum's The Wizard of Oz because the 1939 film was one of my favorite movies as a child and I took this opportunity to read the book that inspired that movie. I ended up actually enjoying the book more than the movie, and I was surprised by the myriad of differences between the book and the movie-- especially that the iconic ruby slippers were in fact silver in Baum's original telling. While most of the changes did not significantly alter the plot, it made re-watching the movie much more interesting as I looked for omissions or significant additions by the filmmakers. I recommend this book to any fans of the film.
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3 comments:

Mcapush said...

Bradley Wheeler
I read the book "The Band of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose and I think I would have read "The Wizard of Oz" after reading what Doug said. Although I thoroughly enjoy WWII history and war movies, I would have much rather watched not such a gruesome series, but something like the "Wizard of Oz". Figuring out the additions and omissions to the film would have been rather enjoyable to such a creative and fun movie.

August 14, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Mcapush said...

Jennifer Rudder
to Doug:
I read the Wizard of Oz too and I feel the exact opposite. I love the movie, but I feel like the writing is over-rated almost. I didn't like the way Baum wrote it.

to Brad:
It's pretty ironic, but I was actually thinking about how I wish I had read Band of Brother's instead of Wizard of Oz based on your initial posting!

August 14, 2010 at 10:50 PM
Mcapush said...

grace stoyshich
to doug: i totally agree with you doug. i loved the book so much better. even though i love the whole ruby red slippers in the movie. the shoes are suppose to be silver like in the book. so i loved teh book and so gald you chose to read it lol.
to jennifer:
sorry u didnt like it. atleast u somewhat liked the movie right?

August 15, 2010 at 3:55 PM

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