Hidden symbolism in The Wizard of OZ, page 2

I found a link to the Great Drepression allegory.

MGM's THE WIZARD OF OZ: Political Satire of FDR and His "New Deal"

A wonderful and enlightening read!

Actually the film WAS a political/economic allegory. This website explains it all, and incidentally, presents a decent critique of the current banking system in the US and rest of the Western world, while proposing a saner alternative:

www.secretofoz.com...

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Agree with the Populist theory of the Wizard of Oz. In fact the author of Web of Debt explains in detail the symbolism of every character in the book. Web Of Debt
Very interesting read.
Yet again, it's all the bankers fault... surprise!!!!

You guys might be interested to know that Baum and others wrote 40 books dealing with the Oz series. I do not know if any or all of them deal with themes about the New Deal, the depression or the populist movement because I have only read a couple of them. The styles change with each writer. The other writers were Ruth Plumley Thompson, John Neill and Jack Snow.

List of Oz Books

I have also read some of his earlier work and part of a biography. I remember learning the Wizard of Oz was inspired by current events in his lifetime, but he also stated once that he wanted to invent a truly American fairytale. When you think about it the movie is pretty symbolic, the way it starts in grayscale and turns to color. To me it kind of represents America coming out of depression into prosperity.

As a country we had no fairy tales where as Europe had a long, rich tradition of them. If you haven't read any of his other works, I recommend it. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is one of my favorites.

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