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NBC’s gorgeous Emerald City is a Wizard Of Oz that’s neither great nor powerful
The A.V. Club ^
| January 6, 2017
| Erik Adams
Posted on 01/07/2017 12:26:51 PM PST by EveningStar
The Scarecrow isn't a scarecrow, but he is introduced in a crucifixion pose. The tin man isn't The Tin Man, either, but he is the result of a horrifying, Frankenstein-style experiment. The lions aren't cowardly--the citizens of Oz speak of them as if they'll tear your throat out. The Munchkins have swapped out dandy fashions for tribal facepaint. The Wicked Witch Of The West runs a brothel. Welcome to Emerald City, the dark reimagining of L. Frank Baum's Oz stories that debuts on NBC after a nearly three-and-a-half-year trek down the yellow-brick development road.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: emeraldcity; fantasy; hollywood; lfrankbaum; moviereview; nbc; oz; reimagining; television; thewizardofoz; tv; wizardofoz
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To: Hildy
That is AWESOME. wow.
A lot of the great ones.
Les Miserables was ok.
I HATED CATS!!! Saw it because of GF at the time.
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posted on
01/07/2017 4:56:56 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: dp0622
Believe it or not, never saw CATS or A CHORUS LINE.
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posted on
01/07/2017 5:10:06 PM PST
by
Hildy
("The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it." Orwell)
To: Hildy
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posted on
01/07/2017 5:13:41 PM PST
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dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: EveningStar
Baum was an occultist and a member of the Theosophical Society.
link
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posted on
01/07/2017 5:15:22 PM PST
by
tang-soo
(Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
To: NoKoolAidforMe
I dozed off about 30 minutes in. I hope my tv wasn't counted in the ratings.😄
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posted on
01/07/2017 5:18:21 PM PST
by
Fu-fu2
To: Boomer
LOL! I’m a crotchety curmudgeon. You don’t have to listen to me. :)
To: simpson96
Another remake. How original. Hardly, I'd go as far as a "knock off" and a crappy one at best. The audio is muddy, the lighting dark and gloomy. Three and a half years to produce this derek and all I can think of is WHY DID THEY BOTHER?
What was the targeted audience? The blind and the deaf?
I checked it out on IMDB and the universal review was "don't bother"!
Regards,
GtG
PS I saw the original in 1943 and have a photo of me with a Munchkin taken near Christmas 2008!
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posted on
01/08/2017 12:49:48 PM PST
by
Gandalf_The_Gray
(I live in my own little world, but it's OK. They all know me here.)
To: Bratch
Where do you see a lion?
Regards,
GtG
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posted on
01/08/2017 12:52:10 PM PST
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Gandalf_The_Gray
(I live in my own little world, but it's OK. They all know me here.)
To: Gandalf_The_Gray
All the main characters have been “humanized”, I think.
Based on the premiere (I liked it, sue me.), I suspect the leader of the Wizard’s guard that was sent after Dorothy (the long-haired guy with the armor) is the Lion.
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01/08/2017 1:39:34 PM PST
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Bratch
("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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