I find it odd that there was a "witch of the east" (squished under the house), a "witch of the west" (melted), and a "witch of the north" (Glinda), but no "Witch of the South". I believe the current broadway play "Wicked" does indeed have a "Witch of the South" character, but why not the movie?
2006-07-07 09:05:35 · 8 answers · asked by bumwiz 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
L Frank Baum was writing a political treatise masquerading as a children's story ... the scarecrow represented farmers, the tinman represented industry, the "yellow brick road" was the gold standard, and it led to the "Emerald City" which was actually brown old Washington DC, but they made you wear green glasses so it looked "emerald" and wealthy. The ruler of OZ was a fraud. Dorothy's shoes were supposed to be silver (the silver standard for money), but they got changed to red sequins in the film (Technicolor, you know?).
Baum didn't incude a "Witch of the South" because the South was pretty much eviscerated in the 1930s, when he was writing his thinly-veiled call for a populist uprising.
2006-07-07 09:36:37 · answer #1 · answered by Grendle 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the witch of the south got editted out and they forgot to add her back in on the final cut of the movie! U were not supposed to notice! lol.
2006-07-07 16:09:29 · answer #2 · answered by jibbers4204 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know that is a good question.
Maybe Puppy Zwolle's got it right. Maybe Dorothy is the witch of the South.
Is Kanasas considered as a southern state?
2006-07-07 16:14:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the leading lady. She is oblivious to it but she is the 4th witch. That's why she gets the slippers in the end. Get it?
Travel north on the yellowbrick road. So she came.....
2006-07-07 16:08:46 · answer #4 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because she was busy cooking fried chicken back at the yellow brick road trailer park!
2006-07-07 16:13:59 · answer #5 · answered by thetoothfairyiscreepy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2006-07-07 16:12:08 · answer #6 · answered by Christina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they didn't feel like it
2006-07-07 16:09:12 · answer #7 · answered by rules27 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was already dead.
2006-07-07 16:09:15 · answer #8 · answered by mattd550 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋