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I Believe I’ll Take Your Head: Part 3 of 3
12. Why Not Stuff Him With Money?Much ink has been spilled on the question of Baum’s possible influences. I’ve mentioned a few already: feminism, theosophy, Lewis Carroll. Another source sometimes...
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The Walking Was Not At All Good
I’ve previously gripedabout the plastic-looking Yellow Brick Road in the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie, as contrasted with the realistic, ill-maintained, branch-strewn road described by Baum.Well, apparently...
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I Believe I’ll Take Your Head: Part 1 of 3
1. No One Here Seems Surprised At Moving-PicturesLet me begin with a confession: I’ve never much liked The Wizard of Oz.I refer, of course, to the 1939 movie of that name – not to L. Frank Baum’s...
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I Believe I’ll Take Your Head: Part 2 of 3
6. Some of the Secret Arts We Have Gleaned From NatureFrom the website of the Cardiff Theosophical Society19thcentury America saw the rise and spread of a number of influential new religious...
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