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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-07-09 06:41 pm

[ SECRET POST #2015 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2015 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2012-07-10 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
I disagree. I think that Wicked, at least the first novel, does a great job of taking lots of issues that WERE relevant to the original Wonderful Wizard of Oz novel and updating them for "adults" and modern times.

WWoO touches on a lot of political, social, and religious issues. It's a lot deeper than people think, usually because it's dismissed as a children's book. Sure the issues were more obviously present in Wicked than in the original Oz books, but it isn't like Wicked just pulled all these issues out of thin air.

IA, though, there are some times where Wicked takes things from the movies and it just seems really weird.
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[personal profile] philstar22 2012-07-10 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
What specifically bugs me is the animal rights thing that makes it out as if Oz treats speaking animals as less than human. And that is absolutely not the case in the books. Yes, the Cowardly Lion often pulls a carriage, but that is just his job. He's treated as an equal member of society and just as beloved as anyone else.

(Anonymous) 2012-07-12 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
But Oz isn't just one damned novel. There were 13 of them in the original canon and everyone thinks they know the story and nobody reads them and everyone thinks the MacGregor version is just so deep and he barely glanced past the first book and fuck that guy.

I HAVE SO MUCH HATE I CAN'T EVEN.

Not to mention the subsequent fan sequels that are considered by Oz fandom to be canon and DOES HE EVEN GO HERE?