Oz

REVIEW: 'Avatar: The Game' is a mighty alien epic in its own right

source: latimesblogs.latimes.com

Just imagine the song Dorothy and company would sing if they went over the rainbow and landed in this ferocious and leafy Oz. "Leonopteryxs and Thanators ... and more »

Published Sun, Dec 6

Why Flying Monkeys Don't Rule the World: Recognizing the Ecological Context of ...

source: GreenerDesign.com

Do you remember the scene in the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy and Toto are kidnapped by an army of winged capuchin monkeys? Scary stuff, but why? ...

Published Thu, Nov 19

“Dorothy is American.”

source: Oz and Ends

When the teacher called her name to try out for the play, Lin passed, saying that at the time she didn’t feel so much “angry, as stupid.” I can imagine that happening among the kids at my school. Children in the early elementary grades are mighty rigid about the “right” way to do things. But would...

Published Tue, Nov 3

“Oz could do that easily enough.”

source: Oz and Ends

“To the Emerald City,” said Dorothy, “to see the Great Oz.” “Does he never go out?” asked the Scarecrow. “I want him to give me some brains,” said the Scarecrow eagerly. “I don’t know,” replied Dorothy sorrowfully, “but it is my home, and I’m sure it’s somewhere.”

Published Wed, Oct 14

“Why is that great Lion with you?”

source: Oz and Ends

So, when they came to a good-sized farmhouse, Dorothy walked boldly up to the door and knocked. “We wish to pass the night with you, if you will allow us,” answered Dorothy; “and the Lion is my friend and comrade, and would not hurt you for the world.”

Published Tue, Oct 13

The Twenty-First of This Month

source: Oz and Ends

L. Frank Baum almost certainly never intended people to know that Ozma had a birthday on 21 August. Throughout The Road to Oz, published one hundred years ago, characters refer only to the party planned for “the twenty-first of this month." But earlier in the book Dorothy mentions that it's A...

Published Thu, Aug 20

Stylin’ on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

source: Oz and Ends

The Design Inspiration collected depictions of Dorothy and her companions along the Yellow Brick Road in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from twenty-three different illustrators. They appear to be influenced largely by: the 1939 MGM movie. a wish to break expectations of what these characte...

Published Mon, Aug 3

Dorothy Meets Her Match

source: Oz and Ends

Don't know." Dorothy watched the boy dig. . . . "What are you going to do?" she inquired. Dig," said he. But you must know something," declared Dorothy, getting provoked. I can't say I do," replied Dorothy, remembering her present difficulties. No one knows everything, Dorothy," he said.

Published Fri, Jul 10