Re: The Wizard of Oz

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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cori) wrote:

> Eric Gjovaag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
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> > And I'm curious, which script are you using?
> 
> One done in 1987 after Ted Turner bought the rights to the movie. 
> Based directly on the movie, but the writer obviously consulted the
> book.  As for Baum's original stage version, sad to say it's been so
> superseded by the movie it's probably unknown now.  Last year would
> have been the 100th anniversary and I wonder if a revival appeared
> anywhere, even in Baum's home town.

Sounds like the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation, which is 
actually one of the best. The original 1902 stage version was revived a 
few years ago in Floria, and a libretto is in the works, but it's been 
put on hold for a while.

> > There have been many over the years. And as for the book and movie being 
> > so similar, I can tell you that there are certainly a lot of fans of the 
> > book who also are STILL upset over how many liberties MGM took. Their 
> > worst offense would be turning Oz into a dream.
> 
> Yeah, that's a bit confusing, though having parallel characters in
> Kansas was brilliant.  My dad objected when they did the same to
> "Gulliver's Travels"--had him in a looney bin with doctors trying to
> convince him he was delusional.  Of course in that one, a piece of
> evidence from his journeys appeared to clear him.  It would have been
> cool had such a thing turned up in Dorothy's basket.

There are dozens of folks out there who have tried to convince me that 
there's a scene at the end of the movie, that's since been cut, where 
Dorothy finds the ruby slippers. Trouble is, no such scene was EVER 
written, let alone filmed. I think a lot of those folks had vivid 
imaginations as children.

--Eric Gjovaag