Oh, why can’t such a fun story just be a fun story and nothing else! (I absolutely hated studying symbolism in school. I only wanted to enjoy the story!) The movie is one of my favorites. I haven’t read the books, but I need to. The first one, anyway. The only bit of trivia I recall is Oz came from a filing cabinet. One drawer was A-N and the other O-Z. :) And that’s all I ever want to remember whenever I watch the movie. Oh, and Dorothy was named after LFB’s niece, I believe.
Because it was written as a political satire, just like Animal Farm and Gulliver's Travels.
I absolutely hated studying symbolism in school. I only wanted to enjoy the story!
The entity and characters being mocked ARE the story.