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  • Michigan Gets Flying Monkeys for $40 Million - A review of 'Oz'

    03/20/2013 11:40:54 AM PDT · by MichCapCon · 13 replies
    Michigan Capitol Confidential ^ | 3/18/2013 | Bruce Walker
    As reported recently in Michigan Capitol Confidential, Michigan taxpayers shelled out a cool $40 million in tax credits to the House of Mouse for the perceived benefits of filming the movie "Oz: The Great and Powerful" in our state. As noted by several Mackinac Center analysts, there are reasons aplenty for opposing film subsidies given to any movie. Just what exactly did Michigan residents get for their government's extremely generous $40 million gift to Disney? Even if "Oz: The Great and Powerful" measured up to the aesthetics of MGM's 1939 classic "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (it doesn't), it would...