More notably in how, although both films have iconic characters, both heroic and villainous, “The Wizard of Oz” has considerably more female characters. Stokes ties this comparison between the two films with his opinion that he would rather his children watch films that encourage them to make friends with everyone and become a leader, like Dorothy did in her movie. Stokes then makes another statement, “the movies are very, very focused on defeating the villain and getting your reward, and there’s not a lot of room for other relationships and other journeys”. The reward Stokes is referring to is the idea that the reward of a hero at the end of the journey is the praise or kiss of the princess, or “getting the girl” and as a father to both a girl and a boy, he does not want that idea being absorbed by them
More notably in how, although both films have iconic characters, both heroic and villainous, “The Wizard of Oz” has considerably more female characters. Stokes ties this comparison between the two films with his opinion that he would rather his children watch films that encourage them to make friends with everyone and become a leader, like Dorothy did in her movie. Stokes then makes another statement, “the movies are very, very focused on defeating the villain and getting your reward, and there’s not a lot of room for other relationships and other journeys”. The reward Stokes is referring to is the idea that the reward of a hero at the end of the journey is the praise or kiss of the princess, or “getting the girl” and as a father to both a girl and a boy, he does not want that idea being absorbed by them