Weatherman2020
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Christmas is coming, and so, naturally, a Guardian writer finds much to fret about in The Wizard of Oz.
Because of Trump of course!
âItâs impossible to watch the newly crowned âmost influential film everâ without seeing the parallels to the sickly US of today.â
Oh, ye doubters. Madame Bidisha has her reasons:
âWe can read the catastrophic effects of climate change into the tornado that sets the narrative off,â
I didnât say they would be convincing.
âsee the opioid crisis in the charactersâ drugged sleep in Ozâs Powell and Pressburger-esque poppy field, and empathise with the mangy Lion, rusty Tin Man and under-stuffed Scarecrowâs search for organ donors and reliable medical support in an Oz without a solid welfare state.â
If you think our Guardian columnist is perhaps overreaching a tad, I feel I should point out nothing that follows is likely to sway you.
The Wizard of Oz is a grotesque predictor of Trumpâs America | Bidisha
It occurs to me that if youâre watching The Wizard of Oz you instantly think of Donald Trump, and indeed find it âimpossibleâ not to think of Donald Trump, a man you contrive to associate with women melting in acid, then⌠well, perhaps you should take a holiday somewhere quiet. Or at least lower the dose.
Because of Trump of course!
âItâs impossible to watch the newly crowned âmost influential film everâ without seeing the parallels to the sickly US of today.â
Oh, ye doubters. Madame Bidisha has her reasons:
âWe can read the catastrophic effects of climate change into the tornado that sets the narrative off,â
I didnât say they would be convincing.
âsee the opioid crisis in the charactersâ drugged sleep in Ozâs Powell and Pressburger-esque poppy field, and empathise with the mangy Lion, rusty Tin Man and under-stuffed Scarecrowâs search for organ donors and reliable medical support in an Oz without a solid welfare state.â
If you think our Guardian columnist is perhaps overreaching a tad, I feel I should point out nothing that follows is likely to sway you.
The Wizard of Oz is a grotesque predictor of Trumpâs America | Bidisha
It occurs to me that if youâre watching The Wizard of Oz you instantly think of Donald Trump, and indeed find it âimpossibleâ not to think of Donald Trump, a man you contrive to associate with women melting in acid, then⌠well, perhaps you should take a holiday somewhere quiet. Or at least lower the dose.
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