tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390460319109071396.post1331915262984056715..comments2010-04-21T04:23:59.204-07:00Comments on ToughGirl vs. the World: Mind, Heart, and Guts of Her Own: Why The Wizard of Oz is the Citizen Kane of Children's MoviesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390460319109071396.post-9272615652815726052009-04-28T23:18:00.000-07:002009-04-28T23:18:00.000-07:00One of the things that hardly anyone ever realizes...One of the things that hardly anyone ever realizes -unless they've read into the history of the Wizard of Oz- is that Dorothy was a prototype feminist. At least the inspiration for her was. <br />Frank Baum, the author of the entire Oz series (I think there were close to twenty books), had based Dorothy on early feminist ideology. <br />Dorothy was pretty much a characterization of early feminism. Baum did so because his mother-in-law was one of the major early feminists and Baum greatly respected her. So when writing the series, a lot of the major important characters (whether good or bad) were mostly female characters. (I know this because I happened to visit the Wizard of Oz museum in Wamego, KS while traveling west) <br />But honestly you hit the proverbial nail on the head with a blindfold on. I bet you'd enjoy a visit to the Oz museum. If you have a chance someday, go for it. And if you do, you'll see old, old film reels of the Oz stories (back when they were only silent films) and THEN you'll see what truly rates as a "creepy children's movie."Art by Leonhardt Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510251025181591393noreply@blogger.com