Another banger of a read Stephen! Great points. I read the book close to 20 years ago now, probably, but in her original conception Nessarose was born with no arms. She was still the villain being portrayed here (I’ve never seen the musical and haven’t yet seen the film), I guess I just wonder how the dramatic portrayal would change if they maintained her original disability. Is their brother Shell in the movie? I might need to see this movie! 😆
Sounds like an interesting story. The original Oz movie always was a bit weird--Dorothy accidentally kills one witch, then with the help of a rival witch steals her shoes, and the dead witch's sister just want the shoes back and Dorothy kills her. Wait, who's the good guy here????
And after all that trauma and horror, the "good" witch says "oh yeah, you could have gone home all along, I guess I forgot to tell you that, LOLZ" and Dorothy didn't say "Tin Man, give me your axe, I'm going to carve up one wise-ass witch, Toto I hope you like eating witch raw, cause I ain't cooking her" and then the '70s action music kicks in.
Admittedly I might have changed channels mid way through.
Yeah, Glinda clearly manipulates Dorothy for her own ends, which was a subject for many late night comedy routines but also works well within the larger plot of “Wicked.”
This article is the first thing that made me excited to see the movie. I read the book ages ago but my memory is limited to really liking it, not much of the plot. And movies often dissapoint, you know?
There might have been a tort claim for not having properly secured her house to the ground in the event of tornados which were common in Kansas at the time.
Saw it last night! FUN!
But spoiler spoiler. Its pt 1 of 2
Great review, Stephen, from a much needed perspective.
Another banger of a read Stephen! Great points. I read the book close to 20 years ago now, probably, but in her original conception Nessarose was born with no arms. She was still the villain being portrayed here (I’ve never seen the musical and haven’t yet seen the film), I guess I just wonder how the dramatic portrayal would change if they maintained her original disability. Is their brother Shell in the movie? I might need to see this movie! 😆
Sounds like an interesting story. The original Oz movie always was a bit weird--Dorothy accidentally kills one witch, then with the help of a rival witch steals her shoes, and the dead witch's sister just want the shoes back and Dorothy kills her. Wait, who's the good guy here????
And after all that trauma and horror, the "good" witch says "oh yeah, you could have gone home all along, I guess I forgot to tell you that, LOLZ" and Dorothy didn't say "Tin Man, give me your axe, I'm going to carve up one wise-ass witch, Toto I hope you like eating witch raw, cause I ain't cooking her" and then the '70s action music kicks in.
Admittedly I might have changed channels mid way through.
Yeah, Glinda clearly manipulates Dorothy for her own ends, which was a subject for many late night comedy routines but also works well within the larger plot of “Wicked.”
This article is the first thing that made me excited to see the movie. I read the book ages ago but my memory is limited to really liking it, not much of the plot. And movies often dissapoint, you know?
IANAL, but I feel reasonably confident that the first death would be attributed to an act of God.
There might have been a tort claim for not having properly secured her house to the ground in the event of tornados which were common in Kansas at the time.
Well, for a mobile home, sure. But how many Kansas farmhouses do you see flying through the air during tornadoes?
Building codes have come a long way since 1900.
Thanks!