Top 20 Things Only Adults Notice in The Wizard of Oz
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Date: 2024-09-29
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kailyns8159
Maybe I’m in the minority here but I first saw this movie when I was 4yrs old and noticed or considered almost all of these by the time I was 12yrs old. In fact, literally the only thing on your list I was not aware of is the cameo of Sawhorse. I’m shocked I missed him.
To address some of these only adult thoughts:
Dorothy is an orphan. Her parents are dead. Her mother was Henry’s sister (this is revealed in the book series. In the original film script Henry says during the incubator scene poor little orphan and her Miss Gulch troubles-she aught to have someone to play with. Meaning that Miss Gulch has it out for this little girl and they know it. Then Aunt Em replies we all got to work out our own problems, Henry.
The pig pen scene: Dorothy is balancing on the rails and falls into the pen. Her foot is caught in the barbed wire/chicken wire that is being used to keep the pigs from testing the fence. Before she falls, the pig pen is shown several times. It is a clean pen. No mud. She’s not going to get dirty in a dry pen. Just dusty. Which you see as she struggles while entangled in the wire. Also, she was in more danger from the wire and the hogs than she was from getting her frock dirty. That’s why Zeke leaps into action to get her out.
It’s a dream: Book it’s a real place and Dorothy loses the Silver Slippers when she flies over the Deadly Desert that surrounds Oz on her way back to Kansas, curtesy of Glinda. Original script it’s a real place. The original last shot of the film was supposed to be of the Ruby Slippers, either on her feet under the blanket or in her closet on the floor. This idea was scrapped completely by the final cut of the film which makes it appear that Dorothy did dream it all. And there are several moments that bolster that version.
House damage: In the book, the entire house is taken away by the twister. In the film, same thing happens. So how is Dorothy back in her own room inside the same farm house when she returns to Kansas Because in the film it was a dream. Otherwise, they would be in a different house. Unless you factor in Glinda. Though she never shows it, Glinda definitely would have the power to not only return Dorothy but also the Gale farmhouse to Kansas.
Miss Gulch: She doesn’t exist in the book. In the original script, one of the drafts made it a point to mention that the twister killed her. However, that was not in the final shooting script. So we just don’t know if she did or did not survive. We do know both Sylvester and Professor Marvel survived and they were on a wagon!
It’s a dream theory: Everyone in Kansas shows up in Oz except Uncle Henry and Aunt Em because they are her reward. She wants to get back to them. They are the familiar, the safe. She’s not safe in Oz so they aren’t there. The Wicked Witch of the West is not Dorothy’s dark side or whatever. It’s how she sees Miss Gulch. She literally says it during the scene when Gulch takes Toto away from Dorothy. You wicked old witch! Uncle Henry, Auntie Em, don’t let her take Toto! Please! And yes Glinda represents Dorothy’s dead mother. She’s there in spirit throughout the whole journey. She’s a guiding force who brings Dorothy back to her safe place. She protects from afar as wellsnow in the poppy field, her magical protection kiss.
Good Witch or Bad Witch: Okay, this one is a bit complicated. First off, Glinda is not the one who refers to Dorothy as a witch, the munchkins do. She says to Dorothy The munchkins called me because a new witch has just dropped a house on the old witch of the Eastand there’s the house and here you are. So the munchkin’s want to know are you a good witch or a bad witch Next, when Dorothy denies being the witch Glinda asks if the dog is the witch. This isn’t weird because in Oz animals have magical abilities. Glinda’s line that only bad witches are ugly is complex. She states two things: only bad witches are ugly means that good witches cannot be ugly ever, but bad witches can be ugly or beautiful. Glinda is a little muddled aka confused because she knows she is looking at a little girl and the only witches she knows are adults. Also, Dorothy has already stated she is not a witch. Glinda takes her at her word. Lastly, this is never addressed in the film but Dorothy’s blue gingham frock is a huge part of why the munchkin’s befriend her and think she is a witch. She is wearing the color of the good witcheswhitemixed with the color of Munchkinlandblue. (Glinda in pink is a film only thing. In the novel all good witches wear white) This is why Glinda thinks Dorothy is a good witch and is confused when she denies it.
Wicked Witch of the West’s obsession with the Ruby Slippers: West doesn’t care about East’s death. She is only interested in the shoes. Which is why Glinda places them on Dorothy’s feet and later gives Dorothy her protection kiss, which makes it impossible for the shoes to be taken from her by force. As is shown at West’s castle when she can’t touch Dorothy’s feet.
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Maybe I’m in the minority here but I first saw this movie when I was 4yrs old and noticed or considered almost all of these by the time I was 12yrs old. In fact, literally the only thing on your list I was not aware of is the cameo of Sawhorse. I’m shocked I missed him.
To address some of these only adult thoughts:
Dorothy is an orphan. Her parents are dead. Her mother was Henry’s sister (this is revealed in the book series. In the original film script Henry says during the incubator scene poor little orphan and her Miss Gulch troubles-she aught to have someone to play with. Meaning that Miss Gulch has it out for this little girl and they know it. Then Aunt Em replies we all got to work out our own problems, Henry.
The pig pen scene: Dorothy is balancing on the rails and falls into the pen. Her foot is caught in the barbed wire/chicken wire that is being used to keep the pigs from testing the fence. Before she falls, the pig pen is shown several times. It is a clean pen. No mud. She’s not going to get dirty in a dry pen. Just dusty. Which you see as she struggles while entangled in the wire. Also, she was in more danger from the wire and the hogs than she was from getting her frock dirty. That’s why Zeke leaps into action to get her out.
It’s a dream: Book it’s a real place and Dorothy loses the Silver Slippers when she flies over the Deadly Desert that surrounds Oz on her way back to Kansas, curtesy of Glinda. Original script it’s a real place. The original last shot of the film was supposed to be of the Ruby Slippers, either on her feet under the blanket or in her closet on the floor. This idea was scrapped completely by the final cut of the film which makes it appear that Dorothy did dream it all. And there are several moments that bolster that version.
House damage: In the book, the entire house is taken away by the twister. In the film, same thing happens. So how is Dorothy back in her own room inside the same farm house when she returns to Kansas Because in the film it was a dream. Otherwise, they would be in a different house. Unless you factor in Glinda. Though she never shows it, Glinda definitely would have the power to not only return Dorothy but also the Gale farmhouse to Kansas.
Miss Gulch: She doesn’t exist in the book. In the original script, one of the drafts made it a point to mention that the twister killed her. However, that was not in the final shooting script. So we just don’t know if she did or did not survive. We do know both Sylvester and Professor Marvel survived and they were on a wagon!
It’s a dream theory: Everyone in Kansas shows up in Oz except Uncle Henry and Aunt Em because they are her reward. She wants to get back to them. They are the familiar, the safe. She’s not safe in Oz so they aren’t there. The Wicked Witch of the West is not Dorothy’s dark side or whatever. It’s how she sees Miss Gulch. She literally says it during the scene when Gulch takes Toto away from Dorothy. You wicked old witch! Uncle Henry, Auntie Em, don’t let her take Toto! Please! And yes Glinda represents Dorothy’s dead mother. She’s there in spirit throughout the whole journey. She’s a guiding force who brings Dorothy back to her safe place. She protects from afar as wellsnow in the poppy field, her magical protection kiss.
Good Witch or Bad Witch: Okay, this one is a bit complicated. First off, Glinda is not the one who refers to Dorothy as a witch, the munchkins do. She says to Dorothy The munchkins called me because a new witch has just dropped a house on the old witch of the Eastand there’s the house and here you are. So the munchkin’s want to know are you a good witch or a bad witch Next, when Dorothy denies being the witch Glinda asks if the dog is the witch. This isn’t weird because in Oz animals have magical abilities. Glinda’s line that only bad witches are ugly is complex. She states two things: only bad witches are ugly means that good witches cannot be ugly ever, but bad witches can be ugly or beautiful. Glinda is a little muddled aka confused because she knows she is looking at a little girl and the only witches she knows are adults. Also, Dorothy has already stated she is not a witch. Glinda takes her at her word. Lastly, this is never addressed in the film but Dorothy’s blue gingham frock is a huge part of why the munchkin’s befriend her and think she is a witch. She is wearing the color of the good witcheswhitemixed with the color of Munchkinlandblue. (Glinda in pink is a film only thing. In the novel all good witches wear white) This is why Glinda thinks Dorothy is a good witch and is confused when she denies it.
Wicked Witch of the West’s obsession with the Ruby Slippers: West doesn’t care about East’s death. She is only interested in the shoes. Which is why Glinda places them on Dorothy’s feet and later gives Dorothy her protection kiss, which makes it impossible for the shoes to be taken from her by force. As is shown at West’s castle when she can’t touch Dorothy’s feet.
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andrewdusing1849
I love Oz, and probably know too much about it.
It is assumed (if not widely, at least by my family) that Mrs. Gultch died in the tornado. We see her on her bike up inside the cyclone, then she transformes into the witch. Growing up i always thought this was the witch of the east. She gets flattened by Dorothy's house. Much later in life I realized Gultch does not come back at the end because (technically) Dorothy melted her.
The red brick road. It is never explained. The only time I ever say anything done with the read road was in a very old children's book from the 60's or 70's. Where the red brick road leads to the witche's castle. I have only found this book once in the library of my grammar school. That was about 40 years ago.
As you make know the film itself went through many iterations and had several different directors. Multiple seens were shot, and re-shot, and then shot again. Which accounts for Dorothy's hair to have different lengths from one scene to the next. It also accounts for why Dorothy tells the Scarecrow she will miss him most of all. One. of the earliest iterations of the film had put a love intrest into the story between Dorthy and one of the farm hands.
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I love Oz, and probably know too much about it.
It is assumed (if not widely, at least by my family) that Mrs. Gultch died in the tornado. We see her on her bike up inside the cyclone, then she transformes into the witch. Growing up i always thought this was the witch of the east. She gets flattened by Dorothy's house. Much later in life I realized Gultch does not come back at the end because (technically) Dorothy melted her.
The red brick road. It is never explained. The only time I ever say anything done with the read road was in a very old children's book from the 60's or 70's. Where the red brick road leads to the witche's castle. I have only found this book once in the library of my grammar school. That was about 40 years ago.
As you make know the film itself went through many iterations and had several different directors. Multiple seens were shot, and re-shot, and then shot again. Which accounts for Dorothy's hair to have different lengths from one scene to the next. It also accounts for why Dorothy tells the Scarecrow she will miss him most of all. One. of the earliest iterations of the film had put a love intrest into the story between Dorthy and one of the farm hands.
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selvahechicera4292
We know from a modern tie in movie Oz the great and Powerful that Glinda is one of the few people that knows the truth about the wizard. Obviously the screen writers when The Wizard if Oz was written had no idea but it's cannon now. Point being I posit that, Glinda used Dorothy to assassinate the Wicked Witch of the West after she saw (or caused) Dorothy's house slaying the W. W. of the East. She would have had to discuss the plan with The Wizard but that would be no trouble for Glinda. It's even possible that Glinda sent the cyclone to Kansas to fetch Dorothy. This is, admittedly, merely informed speculation. But few other circumstances explain Glinda's actions. Why else give one the most powerful mystical artifacts in Oz to a girl who has no way of knowing how to use them or what they even are
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We know from a modern tie in movie Oz the great and Powerful that Glinda is one of the few people that knows the truth about the wizard. Obviously the screen writers when The Wizard if Oz was written had no idea but it's cannon now. Point being I posit that, Glinda used Dorothy to assassinate the Wicked Witch of the West after she saw (or caused) Dorothy's house slaying the W. W. of the East. She would have had to discuss the plan with The Wizard but that would be no trouble for Glinda. It's even possible that Glinda sent the cyclone to Kansas to fetch Dorothy. This is, admittedly, merely informed speculation. But few other circumstances explain Glinda's actions. Why else give one the most powerful mystical artifacts in Oz to a girl who has no way of knowing how to use them or what they even are
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CymonTempler
20: 41 I’m not a neurologist but I have a great imagination.
Glinda’s real world counterpart is Dorothy’s subconscious and it is trying to get Dorothy to wake up.
Glinda tells Dorothy that the yellow brick road is the way home and that the Emerald City is where the wizard.
The Emerald City being the part of her brain that is unconscious and the Wizard is the part that needs to be rebooted in order for Dorothy to wake up. The Scarecrow, The Tin-man and the Lion are all other parts that need to be rebooted as well. That’s why she wizard hands out those trinkets.
Once she gets all that completed Glinda then tells Dorothy to click her heels together signaling that it’s time for her to wake up.
(I hope that makes sense, it did in my head)
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20: 41 I’m not a neurologist but I have a great imagination.
Glinda’s real world counterpart is Dorothy’s subconscious and it is trying to get Dorothy to wake up.
Glinda tells Dorothy that the yellow brick road is the way home and that the Emerald City is where the wizard.
The Emerald City being the part of her brain that is unconscious and the Wizard is the part that needs to be rebooted in order for Dorothy to wake up. The Scarecrow, The Tin-man and the Lion are all other parts that need to be rebooted as well. That’s why she wizard hands out those trinkets.
Once she gets all that completed Glinda then tells Dorothy to click her heels together signaling that it’s time for her to wake up.
(I hope that makes sense, it did in my head)
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MaryMcIsaac-i1z
What I always felt was so heart warming and I'm sure has been mentioned a million times. is thar the Scarecrow didn't have a brain yet he did all of the 'thinking' on their journey. the tinman didn't have a heart yet he was the most emotional one crying all the time. and the lion who lacked courage is the one who had the strength to lead everyone to rescuing Dorothy from the witch's castle. They all had within them what they were searching for. they just needed the confidence to believe in themselves. just as Dorothy always had the power to return home!
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What I always felt was so heart warming and I'm sure has been mentioned a million times. is thar the Scarecrow didn't have a brain yet he did all of the 'thinking' on their journey. the tinman didn't have a heart yet he was the most emotional one crying all the time. and the lion who lacked courage is the one who had the strength to lead everyone to rescuing Dorothy from the witch's castle. They all had within them what they were searching for. they just needed the confidence to believe in themselves. just as Dorothy always had the power to return home!
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msmojo
There's flamingos in the background when the witch arrives with Dorothy.
In Spanish Toto means something umm. PG-13
Judy Garland bonded with the dog who was Toto, but the owners refused to give up Toto. Toto was buried on the owners' ranch, but it was bulldozed for a freeway. So they built a tome for Toto years later without the bones as far as I know. But if Judy had owned the dog, the story might be different.
In the books there is a relationship Dorothea has with a trans character. I speculate this is why there was never a sequel.
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There's flamingos in the background when the witch arrives with Dorothy.
In Spanish Toto means something umm. PG-13
Judy Garland bonded with the dog who was Toto, but the owners refused to give up Toto. Toto was buried on the owners' ranch, but it was bulldozed for a freeway. So they built a tome for Toto years later without the bones as far as I know. But if Judy had owned the dog, the story might be different.
In the books there is a relationship Dorothea has with a trans character. I speculate this is why there was never a sequel.
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linusholm3806
My wish list:
Top 10 disney junior shows
Top 10 unimportant pokemon episodes (no catching new pokemon, no evolving, no gym/pokemon leage battle, no meating new rivle, etc)
Top 10 underrated animated disney series
Best disney movie per decade
Top 10 disney reprise songs (deleted included)
Top 10 disney villains that deserved a villain song
Top 10 disney couples with a tough start (Both movies and tv-series)
Top 10 what have I done moment excluding disney and pixar
Top 10 disney movie ideas (by you)
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My wish list:
Top 10 disney junior shows
Top 10 unimportant pokemon episodes (no catching new pokemon, no evolving, no gym/pokemon leage battle, no meating new rivle, etc)
Top 10 underrated animated disney series
Best disney movie per decade
Top 10 disney reprise songs (deleted included)
Top 10 disney villains that deserved a villain song
Top 10 disney couples with a tough start (Both movies and tv-series)
Top 10 what have I done moment excluding disney and pixar
Top 10 disney movie ideas (by you)
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sheyjake
100% didnt realize how old the movie was growing up (born in 95) and honestly didnt think much of the sepia toned beginning of the movie. I thought it was just dark and dreary because a storm was coming in, so there wasnt a lot of sun, thought that all of my childhood in fact. I got a VHS copy of it for my 6 birthday, and also thought it was a brand new movie coming out at the time, and wasnt until I was in my teens that I realized the movie was 70 years old, and had gone from sepia to technicolor during the movie lol
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100% didnt realize how old the movie was growing up (born in 95) and honestly didnt think much of the sepia toned beginning of the movie. I thought it was just dark and dreary because a storm was coming in, so there wasnt a lot of sun, thought that all of my childhood in fact. I got a VHS copy of it for my 6 birthday, and also thought it was a brand new movie coming out at the time, and wasnt until I was in my teens that I realized the movie was 70 years old, and had gone from sepia to technicolor during the movie lol
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JaytheEmpath
I don't know if anyone picked up on it but there is a scene where the witch had her hands curved in a claw shape. I think it's when she was looking into the crystal ball. If you look closer you can see that there are no lines on her hands visible. I did look it up for confirmation. After the fire accident Margaret Hamilton had scares on her hands from the fire. So after the accident she wore green gloves to cover her scares.
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I don't know if anyone picked up on it but there is a scene where the witch had her hands curved in a claw shape. I think it's when she was looking into the crystal ball. If you look closer you can see that there are no lines on her hands visible. I did look it up for confirmation. After the fire accident Margaret Hamilton had scares on her hands from the fire. So after the accident she wore green gloves to cover her scares.
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georgeh6856
19. The Scarecrow is much more wrong than just that it has to be a right triangle. He said the square roots of any two sides add up to the square root of the remaining side. It is actually the squares of the sides, not the square roots. a squared plus b squared equals c squared, where a and b are the lengths of the legs of the right angle and c is the length of the hypotenuse, or the side opposite the right angle.
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19. The Scarecrow is much more wrong than just that it has to be a right triangle. He said the square roots of any two sides add up to the square root of the remaining side. It is actually the squares of the sides, not the square roots. a squared plus b squared equals c squared, where a and b are the lengths of the legs of the right angle and c is the length of the hypotenuse, or the side opposite the right angle.
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badscientist42069
The heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others. That feels like a pretty bad message, honestly. At best, it's poorly worded. It's basically saying life is a popularity contest. Being more outgoing and charismatic doesn't make you a better person than someone who has social anxiety or some other difficulty interacting or communicating with others.
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The heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others. That feels like a pretty bad message, honestly. At best, it's poorly worded. It's basically saying life is a popularity contest. Being more outgoing and charismatic doesn't make you a better person than someone who has social anxiety or some other difficulty interacting or communicating with others.
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JasonC1969
I think it's kinda silly to nitpick every little thing in a movie but since I'm down here in the rabbit hole, I think maybe Ms. Gultch didn't come back right away because a tornado just went through, just because there wasn't much damage to Auntie Em's farm doesn't mean there wasn't damage somewhere else and maybe Glinda is a teacher Dorothy knows always trying to teach her something
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I think it's kinda silly to nitpick every little thing in a movie but since I'm down here in the rabbit hole, I think maybe Ms. Gultch didn't come back right away because a tornado just went through, just because there wasn't much damage to Auntie Em's farm doesn't mean there wasn't damage somewhere else and maybe Glinda is a teacher Dorothy knows always trying to teach her something
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donei132
15: 06 This is why they shouldn’t have combined the Good Witch of the North with Glinda. Originally, it was the Good Witch of the North who sent Dorothy to see the Wizard, and it was North who told her to try Glinda, the Good Witch of the South after the Wizard’s hot air balloon departed. And of course, it was Glinda who told her to click the heels three times.
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15: 06 This is why they shouldn’t have combined the Good Witch of the North with Glinda. Originally, it was the Good Witch of the North who sent Dorothy to see the Wizard, and it was North who told her to try Glinda, the Good Witch of the South after the Wizard’s hot air balloon departed. And of course, it was Glinda who told her to click the heels three times.
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lindafurman6288
What always stood out to me was the slight but noticeable gap between when the witch says, Give them back to me or I’ll. And when Glinda starts to say, It’s too late! To me, the director should have had Glinda jump in sooner or the witch should have continued her threat until she was truly interrupted. Just a little thing, but I always noticed that.
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What always stood out to me was the slight but noticeable gap between when the witch says, Give them back to me or I’ll. And when Glinda starts to say, It’s too late! To me, the director should have had Glinda jump in sooner or the witch should have continued her threat until she was truly interrupted. Just a little thing, but I always noticed that.
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Lady_dromeda
About the bucket of water: In the book (at least the shortened one my daughter has) Because Dorothy has the mark of the good witch of the north, the witch of the west cannot hurt Dorothy, so she makes her a slave and forces her to scrub the floors. the witch kicks Toto out of the way and that's why Dorothy tosses the bucket of water.
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About the bucket of water: In the book (at least the shortened one my daughter has) Because Dorothy has the mark of the good witch of the north, the witch of the west cannot hurt Dorothy, so she makes her a slave and forces her to scrub the floors. the witch kicks Toto out of the way and that's why Dorothy tosses the bucket of water.
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msmojo
Did anyone else notice that in the munchkin land scene in the beginning, when the wicked witch disappears, she screams after she cackles Apparently the fire appeared too quickly on the scene. And it severely burned her. But I guess they kept it in the movie. Next time you watch the Wizard of Oz, listen very carefully after she cackles.
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Did anyone else notice that in the munchkin land scene in the beginning, when the wicked witch disappears, she screams after she cackles Apparently the fire appeared too quickly on the scene. And it severely burned her. But I guess they kept it in the movie. Next time you watch the Wizard of Oz, listen very carefully after she cackles.
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msmojo
In Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Laverne, the older gargoyle calls out to the Pigeons in the Burning Paris Scene near the end in a Parody of the Wicked Witch FLY scene. She says FLY MY PRETTIES! FLY! FLY! So it can be mistaken for the Wizard of Oz scene bc the Voice Actor did a decent job of parodying the scene.
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In Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Laverne, the older gargoyle calls out to the Pigeons in the Burning Paris Scene near the end in a Parody of the Wicked Witch FLY scene. She says FLY MY PRETTIES! FLY! FLY! So it can be mistaken for the Wizard of Oz scene bc the Voice Actor did a decent job of parodying the scene.
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MsGummy666
I used to wonder about the other brick road as akid. I mentioned it to as an adult to someone and they were like 'there was only one road. I've become legally blind since I wonderred this as akid and now I know there was another road in that movie. Thanks so much for confirming it wasn't a misremember.
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I used to wonder about the other brick road as akid. I mentioned it to as an adult to someone and they were like 'there was only one road. I've become legally blind since I wonderred this as akid and now I know there was another road in that movie. Thanks so much for confirming it wasn't a misremember.
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cijmo
I think most house dresses then had pockets. We got all of my great aunt's clothes and she saved a few of her dresses from the depression and the pockets were stained with dirt. The dresses were clean but the pockets looked like gardens. and that's what they were used for. Gathering eggs and garden veggies.
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I think most house dresses then had pockets. We got all of my great aunt's clothes and she saved a few of her dresses from the depression and the pockets were stained with dirt. The dresses were clean but the pockets looked like gardens. and that's what they were used for. Gathering eggs and garden veggies.
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kentthompson6407
In regards to #7, there's a hilarious book called Dear Luke, We Need To Talk that has Dorothy writing a letter to Glinda threatening to come back to Oz for vengeance after all the crap she went through simply because Glinda wanted her to learn a lesson about 'having the power'.
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In regards to #7, there's a hilarious book called Dear Luke, We Need To Talk that has Dorothy writing a letter to Glinda threatening to come back to Oz for vengeance after all the crap she went through simply because Glinda wanted her to learn a lesson about 'having the power'.
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