It was another movie night for me, with another classic – The Wizard of Oz. I love the movie, and I love the book. I just wish they had put the china-land into the movie. If I ever continue with the postcards series, that will be the next image.
Again, as I watched the movie, I couldn’t help but think how it would have been so different today. I guess I just wonder if any of the movies that are made today will become classics. I doubt it – very few at least.
If The Wizard of Oz were made today, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion couldn’t have just gotten along. One of them would have had to be the outcast that the others made smarmy comments to. Toto would have worn a t-shirt with “Bitch” on it, or some other tongue-and-cheek saying. Instead of the opening scene in Oz being plastic flowers and painted backgrounds, it would have been a multi-million dollar background complete with computer-generated effects, that in the end would have been the focus instead of leaving it on Judy Garland. And munchkins — well, that would have been politically incorrect or insensitive I’m sure. I’m not sure how that would have changed, but I’m sure it would have.
Sometimes simpler is better.
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The Wizard of Oz, oh my. I haven’t thought about that movie in a very long time. Like the long lost memories of an altar boy, I guess they’ve been repressed. You’re every detail of the movie brought the burrito I had for lunch up higher in my throat. Finally, at the mention of the munchkin’s a small amount vomit reached my mouth. Thankfully it was a swallowable amount, had the blog continued my trashcan would now be filled. I hope you are correct in your assessment that they would never make a movie like that again. As for classics begin made today, give Office Space a try. 🙂
Next time I’ll be sure to write a longer entry for your reading pleasure 🙂