Underlying Themes The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a novel published originally in 1900‚ and written by L. Frank Baum‚ who also wrote thirteen to seventeen other books centering around the magical land of Oz. This children’s book spawned a Broadway Musical in 1902 and a film adaptation in 1939. It has also been the basic building block for plenty of other films‚ musicals and novels having to do with this imaginative world‚ such as Wicked; Oz the Great and Powerful; and The Wiz. These spin-offs and adaptations
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‘The Wiz’ told the classic tale of a young girl named Dorothy‚ who traveled to the Land of Oz and meets three new friends (a Scarecrow‚ Tin Man‚ and Lion). In the end‚ Dorothy returns home to Kansas. While performing in ‘The Wiz’‚ I had an amazing experience portraying the Mean Ole Lion. Although ‘The Wiz’ was a successful show‚ it could have not been a success without the things that made up the show. With things such as the technical side‚ costuming‚ and the props‚ ‘The Wiz’ would not have been
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Wiz Khalifa Biography Many of you have probably heard Wiz Khalifa on the radio‚ but how he got there is a long process that didn’t just start with the song “Black and Yellow”. Wiz Khalifa is a recognized rapper with a very unique sound. Pittsburg is where he represents but not where he grew up. He is considered one of the most successful rappers. Through his success he helps out organizations for high schools. But how he grew up is as unique as it gets for a rap artist. According to Wiz Khalifa
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journey that is caused by certain events that happen in their lives and causes growth‚ understanding and change in perception of themself and the world. There is obvious inner journeys that the characters in Othello‚ Thelma and Louise‚ and the Wizard of Oz. Shakespeare’s play Othello is the story of a man in the military‚ who meets the woman of his dreams and woos her over with his beautiful story telling. Othello comes across as a very smart man who respects everyone who he crosses paths with‚
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The view of Kansas changed greatly between the Kansas and Nebraska Act and the time the Wizard of Oz was written. In 1854‚ after Kansas was made a territory open to settlement‚ many people flocked to it to claim the new land available as it seemed like a beautiful place to live as well as a place full of opportunity. People were attracted to Kansas as the fertile soil‚ plentiful land‚ and heavy rainfall led farmers to becoming successful at growing crops. Eventually‚ life in Kansas would prove dull
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I watched “The Wiz” last week at school in my Theatre class. Dorothy was having some problems with her Aunt‚ and got whirled away in a tornado to a magical land called Oz. To get home‚ she had to go talk to the Wiz‚ but along the way she had some friends to help her get there. Before she gets to go home she has to fight the Wicked Witch of the West with the help of her friends. In my opinion the play was decent it wasn’t all that good‚ but it was okay. Was the actors’ acting extraordinary or was
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Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8‚ 1987)‚ better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa‚ is an American rapper. He released his debut album‚ Show and Prove‚ in 2006‚ and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His Eurodance-influenced single‚ "Say Yeah"‚ received urban radio airplay‚ charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008.[1] Khalifa parted with Warner Bros. and released his second album‚ Deal or No Deal‚ in November 2009. He released the mixtape Kush and Orange Juice
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The Wizard of Oz Review by Harvey Karten Copyright © 1998 Harvey Karten I’d like five bucks for every time someone called out to me‚ “Hey‚ Toto!” when I walk my cairn terrier around the neighborhood. “Is that really Toto?” adults would stop and ask me‚ and I’d of course reply‚ “Sure it is; I’ve had him for sixty-three years now.” As for the kids‚ well‚ surprisingly enough some of them never saw “The Wizard of Oz” so the best they can do is say‚ “Ma‚ Ma‚ look at the dog!” Pretty soon
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life affected the book and movie‚ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In the book and in the film‚ his life affects the setting‚ characters‚ and conflicts in the story. Kansas‚ where Dorothy lives‚ is the same as South Dakota‚ where L. Frank Baum’s adulthood took place. His childhood was the inspiration for Oz. Baum’s experience with a tornado made the cyclone in the movie. Little do readers know that his life sometimes is a mirror image to the land of Oz and Kansas. Baum moved to South Dakota‚ which is
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Childhood vs Adulthood The change in setting from Kansas to Oz is synonymous and also symbolic of Dorothy’s transition from childhood to adulthood. I will be drawing on specific examples from the movie where it is evident that Dorothy’s behavior in Oz reflects a more mature adult-like tone whereas similar situations in Kansas illuminate childishness. The most prominent example in Kansas where Dorothy demonstrates her child-like behavior is when Ms Gulch comes to take Toto away. Dorothy’s expression
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