 Mischievous Niffler
Kitty beamed with pleasure as she was awarded one point for her knowledge of Wizard of Oz. It was awesome to get awarded points for being familiar with cool movies. Muggle Studies was awesome!
And ooh, favorite character time. "I like the Cowardly Lion too, for the same reasons Azura stated." Kitty leaned forward slightly in her chair. "But since he's already been taken I'll pick my second favorite: Oz, the Wizard the movie is named after. Of course he wasn't a 'real' wizard as in he could do magic, but that makes his character even more interesting. The world of Oz is full of magic and creatures and all sorts of strange things, but Oz was able to trick them all into thinking he was the most magical of all. That's quite impressive even if it isn't very nice. But that's not the real reason I like him. The real reason is because I imagine he must have felt very lonely and somehow trapped in the lies he allowed everyone to believe. He didn't really lie to everyone at first, they just assumed he was magical because of his balloon. That wasn't HIS fault but somehow he got trapped in the lie and didn't correct their assumption. So really, I feel sorry for him. All the people in the Emerald City loved him, but he was isolated knowing that they didn't know who he really was and wondering if they would still love him if they knew the truth. And all because they made a few assumptions early on. In a way, I think his happiest moment in the film came when he was exposed - because then people could know him for who he truly was."
She paused for breath. "Of course, I'm talking about the classic Wizard of Oz. I know other movies and books have come in the years since remaking the character of Oz, and my description might not fit all those remakes so well. So I only meant the Oz we see in the classic."
There was something that she felt like saying since they were on the topic of characters. Her hand went into the air again. "Remember how you said you think Dorothy was just dreaming? The director probably agreed with you, because everyone she meets in the world of Oz is a symbol of someone she knows in real life. They even had the same actors. My quick quotes quill is writing them down right now on my notebook." She held it up for Professor Stewart to see:
Frank Morgan as Professor Marvel / The Wizard / Doorman / Cabbie / Guard / Doctor
Ray Bolger as Hunk / Scarecrow
Jack Haley as Hickory / Tin Man
Bert Lahr as Zeke / Cowardly Lion
Margaret Hamilton as Miss Almira Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West
"And even though Aunt Em and Glinda the Good Witch have different actresses, their characters are still similar."
Pretty interesting, right?
Last edited by Goblinfrog; 10-04-2016 at 05:09 PM.
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