The Wizard of Oz was released August 25‚ 1939. In this story Dorothy‚ her little dog Toto‚ a Man of tin‚ a Scarecrow‚ and a cowardly lion all travel down a “yellow brick” road (a symbol for gold and a value to our currency) to find the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz. After a long journey‚ they finally get to him and find out that he is nothing more than a man behind a curtain speaking through a microphone and operating levers‚ knobs and switches to keep the illusion alive. Frank Baum‚ the writer
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When I was a child‚ my favorite movie was The Wizard of Oz. Out of all of Dorothy’s friends‚ the Cowardly Lion was probably my least favorite. He had gone to ask the Wizard for courage and I didn’t understand why. Others wanted tangible items such as a brain or a heart and yet he wanted courage. I had thought of courage as something that you just dug down and found within yourself when you needed it not something not just a material thing that was necessary to live like a brain or a heart. Courage
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Lions‚ tigers‚ and bears‚ oh my! Don’t let this playful production fly by! From May 13 - 15‚ The Brandywine Ballet will transform West Chester University’s Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall into the Land of Oz with its reprise performance of the “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” Resident Choreographer‚ Nancy Page‚ brought L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s book‚ “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” to center stage with the company’s premiere performance in 2011. “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” follows the classic
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as a historical background‚ contains many political interpretations. In the book‚ there is the scarecrow‚ who represents the American Farmer. There is the tin man‚ who represents the American Industrial Worker. And there is the cowardly lion‚ who represents a cowardly politician‚ most likely William Jennings Byran.. All are on their way to the see the Wizard of Oz‚ who in the book is described to resemble William McKinley. They are on their way to the city of Oz‚ which represents Washington D
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the Good Witch of the South may be qualified to assist her recompense tenement‚ so the favor entertheir peregrination to see Glinda‚ who alive in Oz’s Quadling Country. On the interval‚ the Cowardly Lion kiln a immense spinner who is frighten the animals in a sylvan. The animals interrogate the Cowardly Lion to go their prince‚ which he promise to do after assistance Dorothy restore to Kansas. Dorothy subpoena the Winged Monkeys a third age to shun them over a chain to Glinda’s Vatican. Glinda accost
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ounces and is the system of measurement for gold. The wizard lives in the emerald city‚ which is green for the color of money. On her way to the city she meets three characters: a scarecrow‚ tin man‚ and a lion. The brainless scarecrow represent farmers‚ the tin man factory workers‚ and the cowardly lion represents William Jennings Bryan. They all join Dorothy and continue to follow the yellow brick road. There are so many more symbols on the way to Oz like the poppy flowers representing cocaine and how
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are often portrayed as colorful dwarf-like creatures with jolly temperaments. 5. The Cowardly Lion Unlike Toto‚ many of the animals that Dorothy encounters in Oz can speak‚ and the Wizard of Oz Lion (played by Bert Lahr) is no exception. When Dorothy first meets him‚ he tries to scare her and bite Toto. She accuses him of being a coward‚ at which point he backs down and admits that she’s right. The lion is
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the Wicked Witch of the East. She learns from the munchkins (citizens) that to return home‚ she needs to travel to the Emerald City‚ where Oz the Great and Powerful will help her. On her journey she meets the Scarecrow‚ the Tin Woodman‚ and The Cowardly Lion; the three accompany her due to their desire to also receive gifts from Oz. After enduring many dangerous encounters with traveling troubles and defeating the Wicked Witch of the West with Oz’s instruction‚ she is finally able to return home by
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The year of 1939 was a great year for classical movie lovers. With Gone with the Wind‚ Mr. Smith goes to Washington‚ Wuthering Heights‚ and The Wizard of Oz. This year during the Great Depression gave us more classics than most years combined. The Great Depression was one of the main reasons behind the making of all of these movies; the dark and bleak times needed a getaway‚ a place to escape to where ones troubles don’t matter‚ the movies were that getaway
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killed Wicked Witch of the East on her feet‚ she went to see the Great Oz. In her journey to the City of Emerald‚ she met the Scarecrow‚ the Tin Woodman‚ and the Cowardly Lion in different places. They decided to go to see the Great Oz together‚ for the Scarecrow wanted a brain‚ the Tin Woodman wanted a heart‚ and the Cowardly Lion wanted courage to ask to the Great Wizard. Together they faced many obstacles and successfully made their way to the City of Emerald and they met the Great Oz. After
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