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dkurtz80 's review for:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
I wanted to read this book to see how different it is from the film version (a staple of every American childhood). It is very different, but then again, I expected Hollywood to take a piece (or in this case, several pieces) of literature and manipulate it into something completely different and commercial, but commercial in a good way. I love the film. I like the book. Some surprises (spoiler alert): Dorothy was actually a small child in the book. The slippers were not made from rubies. The Tin Woodman kills a lot of animals. The Wicked Witch never casts a spell on the poppies. They flying monkeys are sympathetic creatures. There is no horse of a different color. The differences go on and on....
I will have to watch the film again. Every time Judy Garland sings "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" I cry. Seriously. It makes me nostalgic for my childhood, a time when I took things at face value and didn't know the film was based on a book.
I will have to watch the film again. Every time Judy Garland sings "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" I cry. Seriously. It makes me nostalgic for my childhood, a time when I took things at face value and didn't know the film was based on a book.