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       2024-04-14T02:56:40.459023Z
       
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       I just saw “Wizard of Oz” on a big screen for the first time in a very, very long time. It was actually pretty nifty, and impressive for when it was made.But… is it just me, or does it have a horribly pernicious moral, and a horribly tragic ending?I mean, the moral seems to basically be “happiness is settling for rural Kansas.” And, having given up a magical technicolor wonderland with cool friends and ownership of shoes possessing some crazy magical potency (I think it’s pretty clear that “send the wearer to rural Kansas” is not the ability the Wicked Witch of the West was after) and presumably therefore the ability to do really great and noble things for people, Dorothy ends up trapped back in the drab sepia-tone wasteland of rural Kansas, and Toto is no doubt going to be snatched by the rich dog-hating lady again to be killed. Unless of course the tornado killed her, perhaps.Haven’t seen such a profoundly sad ending since the “Lord of the Rings” books….