Heretical musings on religion and culture from a literary scholar
I'm watching the 2013 "Oz the Great and Powerful." I've been excited about the movie for a long time; what a rich theme to build a story into. Disappointingly it's mostly a kid's movie. Not the smart and mature kid's movie that the original Wizard of Oz was, but the cheesy and silly kid's movie that is aimed at the largely vapid youth of today. But nearing the end of the movie, I'm recognizing the classic pieces ...
and Mila Kunis are teaming up with a great cast in a Wizard of Oz remake/prequel, that tells the story of how a charlatan in Kansas, who is part of a traveling circus, goes on an odyssey when he mysteriously lands in Oz and becomes it's ruler. We can expect the genre to be much like 2012's John Carter - a "normal" guy goes to another world and becomes a superpower. We can't help noting, however, ...
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