The Wizard of Oz is a classic. This year is the 70th anniversary for the movie. WOW, for 70 years this movie has been brought into people’s homes and has become a part of people’s childhoods.
I remember when I was a little girl, that wicked witch scared me so bad every year when the movie came on tv. Still to this day she gives me the creeps. It’s hard for me to believe that this movie is also for children.
Dorothy and Toto, a tornado, the tin-man, the scarecrow, the lion, the witch, Flying Monkeys and the Wizard take you on a whirlwind trip through fantasy and dreaming. The characters all have a relation to Dorothy’s relatives, but are also developed with character traits. Each character that Dorothy meets helps her in some way while she is helping them. They work together to finally end up at the magical wizard’s door. Dorothy just wants to go home and is told she has had the power all along. The infamous Ruby Red Slippers are clicked together while she chants “There’s no place like home” and then wakes up back in her home. She and Toto are reunited with her family and she finds out the whole journey was just a dream.
So if your child won’t be scared of the creative costumes and cast, you should introduce them to a movie that will last through their lifetime.
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Written on October 26th, 2009 at 7:31 am by Erika Silva
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