The Dystopian Nightmare of Oz
“Transported
to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first woman she meets and then
teams up with three complete strangers to kill again.”
—TV listing for the 1938 movie The Wizard of
Oz, (yes, it’s a real TV listing, by Rick Polito in Marin Independent Journal), 1998
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Alert WORDster Jamie McGrath thought this quote was an urban myth. As if the WORD would let itself be duped! Turns out it's real: http://jimromenesko.com/2012/10/26/wizard-of-oz-synopsis-is-going-to-follow-writer-to-the-grave/
ReplyDeleteThis *real* TV listing was written by Rick Polito in 1998, when he was a Marin Independent Journal TV columnist.