From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 08:53:00 MST
Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
>
> As the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz said to Dorothy: "we shall
> see, my pretty, we shall see.." -Mitch
Wicked witch? You should be more specific. If one
views the movie, one realizes that the "wicked" witch
wasn't, really. Consider, the first time we see
her, Dorothy had just landed upon and slain her
sister. The witch did not commit a revenge murder
on the spot, altho presumably she could have, or
at the very least turned Dorothy into a frog, as
witches are known to do.
Secondly, she rescued the travellers from a poppy
field, which could be considered analogous to to
helping someone free themselves from a drug habit.
Granted, setting the scarecrow afire was a bit
on the wicked side, but the PETA people would defend
that action, for his very name implied a form of
animal cruelty. (Bumper sticker: We should Looove
crows, not scare them).
Consider Glenda the "good" witch. What was so good
about her? I mean other than her clothes and her
Hollywood smile? She withheld some pretty critical
information from Dorothy right at the start, a
grossly unethical inaction which could have gotten
Dorothy killed.
So the green broad could have slain Dorothy and
didn't, the northern babe could have saved her,
and didn't, until Dorothy already proved she had
the right stuff. Who ya callin wicked?
spike
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