The Wizard of Oz is a classic story that has been told in numerous ways. The first version I will tell about is the movie version, the book version, and finally the Michael Jackson version. The Michael Jackson version is called “The Wiz” but the book version and the movie version are both known as The Wizard of Oz. I will talk about the differences between all of the versions. They all have the same basic plot but are told in different ways.
The movie was originally shot in sepia-toned, black and white, and Technicolor. This movie was an all-American classic. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture in 1939. In the movie the Land of Oz is a dream that Dorothy is having. Dorothy only comes across two witches, Glinda, the good Witch of the North and the wicked Witch of the West. The wicked Witch of the West is the main villain and is constantly out to get Dorothy and her dog throughout her time in Oz. In the movie Dorothy wears ruby shoes. Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion do not have to wear special glasses before entering Emerald City like they had to do in the book.
In the book the Land of Oz is real. Dorothy also comes across three women along the way. The good Witch of the North, Glinda, the good Witch of the South, and the Queen of the Field Mice are the good women that she comes across on her way to Emerald City. The wicked Witch of the West appears near the end of the story. Dorothy wears silver slippers instead of ruby slippers like in the movie. Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion do have to wear special glasses when they enter Emerald City. L. Frank Baum wrote this book and dedicated it to his wife. It was published in the year 1900. It is now cla...
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...erican classic. Most children know the story of “The Wizard of Oz”. Dorothy is a positive influence. She shows kindness, respect, and heroines. This story has been told in many different ways. The movie and the book versions are somewhat similar, but the Michael Jackson version is very different. The witches have different names except Glinda but she is known as the good Witch of the South instead of the good Witch of the North. It also takes place in Harlem, New York and has an all-African American cast. Overall the basic plots of the different versions are the same, but the way they are told are somewhat different.
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The Wiz live was performed on NBC during December 3, 2015. The film was adapted from the original film in 1975 Broadway musical, The Wizard of Oz. The Wiz live played off the story of a young girl by the name of Dorothy, who is teased by her aunt Em at the age of 24. While eating lunch, Dorothy’s dog, Toto runs away and gets caught in a bad storm. Dorothy runs after Toto and successfully gets him, but finds herself trapped in a twister of snow. Dorothy is soon introduced to Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, who takes her into the realm of the oz. In being transported to the realm of oz, Dorothy smashes through a sky sign killing Evermean, the Wicked Witch of the East. Dorothy manages to free all the Munchkins who ruled the playground and
The point of views are alike when comparing the two stories while the mood that the setting creates is different. Dr. Seuss, a children’s book author, said, “You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.” Two books that are magical are People Call Me Crazy and Good
The Wiz is a musical/movie released in 1978 that was an adaptation of the popular film “Wizard of Oz”. It included several very popular stars of the time, which were Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Nipsey Russell. The movie set place in New York City where the main character, Dorothy, suddenly is swept by a tornado in the middle of a snowstorm. She later then found herself lost in a city she had no clue about and curious as to how she could return home. After meeting 3 other characters during her journey that share similarities, they all embarked on a trip to OZ to fix each of their problems. Throughout the movie characters apply their own soundtrack through singing songs in harmony that compliment the mood of each scene.
Shot 1: Wide shot. View behind Dorothy in black and white. Dorothy opens the door to the color world of Oz. She steps out into Oz and stops. Straight on shot, camera moves into Oz first through the door, followed by Dorothy appearing again in the foreground. Light symphonies playing magical music, birds are singing in the background.
...s. The Scarecrow represents farmers, agricultural workers, ignorant of many city things but honest and able to understand things with a little education. The Tin Man, He represents the industrial worker whose heart has been torn out by the evils of factory work and industrialism. W.J. Bryan embodied the role of the cowardly lion. Bryan was a very loud and booming public speaker but was viewed as a coward because he did not support the Spanish-American war. OZ is the US. The emerald city is Washington D.C. filled with greenbacks and the wizard is the president. Dorothy and her “party” follow the yellow brick way, or gold standard, to find the wizard and fix her problem. When all along they way to fix her problem of how to get back home was to tap her ruby red shoes which were silver thus in the original book thus representing the Populists push for a silver standard.
In her travels Dorothy meets the green people of Emerald city, the yellow winkies, and the blue munchkins. Each of the three different types of people reacted to Dorothy and her people differently, the munchkins were warm and welcoming, the people of Emerald city were cautious and courteous and the yellow winkies were curious and helpful. The distinction in color was made because each color represented a defining characteristic, the people of Emerald city represented greed as they were not only green, the color of money, but they were also heavily isolated from the rest of the people of Oz; the people of Emerald city lived in the richest city as seen with the jewels that surrounded the houses as such they did not openly welcome strangers nor did they treat them kindly a sign of disdain for outsiders, they represented the higher class in society, or the richest class. The yellow winkies represented hard workers, and the working to lower class as they were not only very skilled at every craft but their enslavement to the much more powerful which represented the constant oppression of the less powerful, or poorer class in society. The blue munchkins represented the middle class, not necessarily know for wealth or for being poor, they are kind and strive to be successful as seen with Boq one of the richest munchkins. Each of the different people of Oz and
“The Wizard of Oz” is a beloved, classical movie among children and adults alike. The story is about a young Kansas girl who dreams of being picked up from her uncle’s farm in a storm; in the dream, she is carried away to a land different from anything she has ever seen. Along the way she meets new friends who all wish to ask something of the Great Wizard of Oz for themselves. Once they reach the great Emerald City, however, they find the city to be a fraud; the very thing each had been searching for was found within each of them. Historian Hugh Rockoff claims The Wizard of Oz contains numerous symbols of the political and social issues. His analysis is listed in the Journal of Political Economy. (Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 98, 1990, pp. 739-760).
the film that was produced after the book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. The main
In “The Wizard Of Oz”, Dorothy is a meek teenager while in “The Wiz” Dorothy was a 24 year old school teacher. Both scarecrows are quite smart despite not having a brain, but the Scarecrow portrayed in “The Wiz” is much more timid than the original. The Tinmen that are shown are probably the most different as far as characters go. In the original film, the Tinman is all silver. They find him in the woods where he had been there for almost an entire year because he rusted. The Tinman in “The Wiz”, however, is quite different. He appears to be a bunch of random parts put together and is not silver at all. For the most part, their personalities are the same except the Tinman in “The Wiz” cries an alarming amount of tears. Both cowardly lions have the same personality, as in “believe they’re cowards but are actually the bravest of the four.” They both also used the be kings, but when found the lion in the “Wizard Of Oz” is found in a forest while in “The Wiz” the lion was a statue in front of a library. The last comparison are the two wizards. Both wizards first appeared as a giant floating head, but the discoveries of them were different. I personally feel like the discovery in the original film was more realistic. The group discovered him after Toto pulls back the curtain. In “The Wiz”, he is discovered sleeping in his bed. Dorothy begins to yell at him, but they do not
These two films are not only similar on these surface levels, but also in their narrative structure and intent as well. Dorothy and Alice, both find themselves trapped in a world of their own fantasy, but with no context on how to navigate their way home. They are then lead by an array of strange characters who guide them on their journey. Dorothy meets the scarecrow, the tin man, the cowardly lion, and so on. While Alice crosses paths with the white rabbit, the cheshire cat, the mad hatter, and so on. With the assistance of their companions, both heroines maneuver their way through the challenges each fantasy presents. Perhaps the biggest similarity these films share narratively, is the underlying emphasis on empathy and perspective. Both
There is much to compare and contrast about return to Oz and the Wizard of Oz. Because the Return to Oz is not a musical it seems to be a darker tone. As in the Wizard of Oz they had all of those bright moments whenever someone began to sing. But in Return to Oz they don't even talk about over the rainbow or where Oz is. In my opinion Return to Oz was not a good sequel. Let's try to just focus on Dorothy.
The Wizard of Oz the movie demonstrated all three stages Joseph Campbell's theory of the hero’s journey. The first stage or known as the departure of the hero. The hero in the movie is Dorothy. Dorothy’s call to depart is to run away from home to protect her dog Toto from being taken away from her inferior neighbor. While running away Dorothy comes upon Professor Marvel, a fortuneteller. Professor Marvel tells her that her Aunt Em is in danger and needs her assistance back on the farm. When returning to the house a twister hits the ground. As the winds started to get heavier the hero’s house moved across the air uncontrollably, but then she leaves home and enters a new world of talking animals and colorful objects. In the new world of the Oz
The movie shows Dorothy’s adventure from her small Kansas town into the extravagant land of Oz. She must navigate her way through munchkins, forests, witches, and a yellow brick road, introducing many new characters on her path. Each new person gives insight into Dorothy’s personality. For example, her dog, Toto, who stayed with her from Kansas to Oz, is her closest friend back home and brings out the most caring side of her as she protects him through all the trials she faces in the new land. One of the first people she meets in Oz is the Scarecrow, who wants to accompany her on her route to the Wizard of Oz so he can ask for a brain. His belief that he lacks intellect reveals Dorothy’s ability to become the “brains” of the group. Following
Red ruby slippers. Green emerald city. Yellow brick road. These are just of the few iconic colors that bring to life The Wizard of Oz film. But before color even gets introduced, we see Dorothy in a monotone world of black and white with a sepia toned film. Set in the middle of Kansas, the viewer gets a sense of boredom and bareness. It seems as if the only people in that whole state are Dorothy, her immediate family and the farmhands! However, after her house gets lifted up and redeposited, she opens the door to a world of Technicolor. Your eyes are shocked as the screen is filled with various bright colors. The colors of Munchkin Land symbolize a vibrant, surreal, dreamlike adventure. It creates moods of happiness and security for the viewer as we are transported back to a world we know; color. In his article Color and Storytelling in Films, Robert Mills says, “Kansas is described as grey and lifeless whilst
The Wizard of Oz is a film created by MGM Studios in 1939, directed by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, Frank Morgan as the Wizard and Margaret Hamilton as The Wicked Witch of the West. The Wizard of Oz is commonly known as the classic film of American cinema and is loved by many people. It can be classified as a Family, Fantasy, Musical film due to the touching messages told throughout the film, the magical special effects featuredn and the beautiful musical numbers highlighted in the film.