Miss Valeska Posted February 28, 2013 Posted February 28, 2013 The Wizard of Oz is a metaphor for Religion, Oz creates a religion around his supernatural, Supreme being form. People worship him, And come to him for favours, And wishes. When, In reality, He is merely a man behind a curtin controlling smoke and mirrors.
MPStewart Posted February 28, 2013 Posted February 28, 2013 I agree; he could also be a politician or socially powerful person, like a health guru. The book the movie was based on is actually about economic issues in the late 19th century (the ruby slippers were originally red). It's fascinating to read about. I always think you can extrapolate so much more than even the author consciously intended though!
MrCapitalism Posted February 28, 2013 Posted February 28, 2013 If what I read on the internet can be trusted, the slippers were originally silver. The story is 'supposedly' about the government's institution of "bimetallism" thus outlawing the market between gold and silver. Bimetallism is the legal mandate of an exchange rate, instead of freely floating prices on an open market. Oz is the shorthand for the unit of measurement of weight = ounces. The Emerald City is Washington D.C. and it is green because it represents useless Greenbacks paper money. The yellow brick road is gold. The slippers are silver. Bimetallism is a scheme to demonitize silver in favor of gold, and turn silver money into tokens (value acording to face and law instead of weight, thus the government steals the value). Dorothy is the average american. Tin Man is the Steel industry. Scarecrow is the nations farmers. The Cowardly Lion I think was a politician or something.
Mick Bynes Posted February 28, 2013 Posted February 28, 2013 I never thought of The Wizard of Oz that way! I agree wholeheartedly.
Miss Valeska Posted March 21, 2013 Author Posted March 21, 2013 I heard it was changed because it looks better on techno-colour.
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