“Wicked monkeys” are those who enable narcissists such as Trump. Baum’s novel shows that the metaphor works on multiple levels.
Tag Archives: L. Frank Baum
A Tornado Story with a Happy Ending
A Tennessee family’s recent run-in with a tornado has some resemblances to “The Wizard of Oz.”
Boys That Don’t Fit the Gender Stereotype
Georgia has fired a teacher for sharing “My Shadow Is Purple,” thus denying her kids a narrative that they urgently need to hear.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged authoritarianism, Boy in a Dress, censorship, David Williamson, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Katherine Rinderle, Land of Oz, LGBTQ+ issues, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Milt Diamond, My Shadow Is Purple, Stuart Scott, Supergirl, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Trump Sycophants = Winged Monkeys?
Mary Trump is likening Trump sycophants to Baum’s Winged Monkeys: They’ll support Trump until, suddenly, they won’t.
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The Tornadoes and America’s Fairy Tale
The Kentucky tornadoes bring to mind the cyclone in “Wizard of Oz.”
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Repressed Violence in Southern Gothic Lit
In my course on American Gothic Supernatural lit, I contrasted “Turn of the Scre”w with “Wizard of Oz” and then glanced at Southern Gothic lit.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Deliverance", Edgar Allan Poe, Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, Good Man Is Hard to Find, Gothic horror, gothic supernatural, Henry James, In Cold Blood, James Dickey, Petrified Man, Rose for Emily, Southern Gothic, Truman Capote, Turn of the Screw, William Faulkner, Wizard of Oz Comments closed
GOP: Ignore the Trump behind the Screen
Wednesday The GOP right now appears to be taking its cue from the Wizard of Oz. Pay no attention to what’s in the Mueller report, they tell us. It’s time to move on. Neither Donald Trump, Senate Judicial Committee Chair Lindsey Graham, nor Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want Robert Mueller to testify before Congress […]
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Filling Our Houses with Stuff
As I sort through decades of clutter in preparation to move to a smaller home, I am reminded of L. Frank Baum’s Oz book about bric-a-brac.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged bri-a-bric, Edith Wharton, materialism, Ozma of Oz, Thorstein Veblen Comments closed
Dorothy as Feminist Threat
In 1986, Christian fundamentalists objected to “The Wizard of Oz” being taught in school and won their lawsuit. As ridiculous as the case may sound, there are actually some good reasons for them to feel threatened.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Christian fundamentalism, Feminism, witchcraft, witches, Wizard of Oz, women's rights movement Comments closed
