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raccoon

(31,111 posts) Wed May 11, 2022, 11:03 AM May 2022

Not only was the Wizard of Oz a shameless grifter, he was cruel.

He sent Dorothy and her three friends to kill the wicked witch of the West. Like a mob hit. He put them all in a lot of danger being there in the castle with the witch and having to face all of her guards.

They could’ve all been killed.

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Not only was the Wizard of Oz a shameless grifter, he was cruel. (Original Post) raccoon May 2022 OP

So was the guy in Music Man. People love this stuff. Srkdqltr May 2022 #1

And almost overdosed them in that poppy field! Ptah May 2022 #2

He was also a figment of a dream. Sneederbunk May 2022 #3

Perhaps in the movie adaptation but not in the book. royable May 2022 #5

Mythic cilla4progress May 2022 #4

And then, when they beat the odds and made it back safely, Chainfire May 2022 #6

Srkdqltr

(6,288 posts)

1. So was the guy in Music Man. People love this stuff.

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Wed May 11, 2022, 11:09 AM

May 2022

Ptah

(33,030 posts)

2. And almost overdosed them in that poppy field!

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Wed May 11, 2022, 11:10 AM

May 2022

Sneederbunk

(14,291 posts)

3. He was also a figment of a dream.

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Wed May 11, 2022, 11:10 AM

May 2022

royable

(1,264 posts)

5. Perhaps in the movie adaptation but not in the book.

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #3)

Wed May 11, 2022, 11:20 AM

May 2022

The whole long series of books, actually!

cilla4progress

(24,733 posts)

4. Mythic

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Wed May 11, 2022, 11:12 AM

May 2022

Iconic

Chainfire

(17,539 posts)

6. And then, when they beat the odds and made it back safely,

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed May 11, 2022, 01:19 PM

May 2022

He "accidently" fled the scene of the crime; he heard that the Tin Man had an axe to grind...

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