American Icons: The Wizard of Oz
Follow the yellow brick road through America’s favorite story and discover places in the land of Oz more wonderful, and weirder, than you ever imagined.
It’s been over seventy years since movie audiences first watched The Wizard of Oz.Meet the original man behind the curtain, L. Frank Baum, who had all the vision of Walt Disney, but none of the business sense. Discover how Ozcaptivated the imaginations of Russians living under Soviet rule.Hear how the playwright Neil LaBute, the late filmmaker Nora Ephron, the novelist Salman Rushdie,and the musician Bobby McFerrin, found magic, meaning, and inspiration in Oz.
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