tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050517.post3922555395997833085..comments2023-03-27T02:27:13.539-05:00Comments on Every. Single. Book.: Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050517.post-82898672058653741022011-08-03T15:14:50.194-05:002011-08-03T15:14:50.194-05:00Wow! I never knew all that! Good post. So surprise...Wow! I never knew all that! Good post. So surprised at all the differences!Just Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357585136271041569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19050517.post-5384611076199596962011-07-25T23:52:39.125-05:002011-07-25T23:52:39.125-05:00I read the book in high school and loved it.
You m...I read the book in high school and loved it.<br />You mentioned that they were silver slippers instead of ruby slippers, but there is another interesting difference in the movie version.<br /><br />In the book, the Emerald city is not really green. They have everyone wear spectacles in the city that make everything look green.<br /><br />and the book is actually what i believe a commentary on the US monetary system debate going on during that time. for example: <br />silver slippers - silver backed dollar<br />yellow brick road - gold back dollar<br />Oz - "ounce" what gold was weighed in<br />WIlliam Jennings Bryan is the cowardly lion<br />and the Emerald {green back} city is an illusion - just like the value of green paper money<br /><br />I am a big fan!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10160040492367815536noreply@blogger.com