On May 17, 1900, American writer Liman Frank Bom published a story that has enchanted readers and spectators from generations with universal themes of their unforgettable characters, magical settings and courage, friendship and home search.At the center of the story is Dorothy Gayle, a young girl living on a quiet Kansas farm. When a powerful tornado removes her and her dog, she finds herself in the imaginary land of ooze, where surprise and danger are lean. Advised by a kind witch, Dorothy left for Emerald City by following a yellow brick road, hoping that the mysterious magician of ooze can help her return home.
Inner travel
By the way, she wants a brain that a brain wants, a tin man craves for a heart and a cowardly lion looking for courage. Together, they face tests, beating an evil witch and finds out that they are with all those with the properties of each.Dorothy’s magical ruby slippers, which she receives after the land of her tornadhed house and kills the wicked witch of the east, holds her the final key to return home.Britannica, which describes it as a “a modern fairy tale with a specific American setting”, also suggests that some people consider Gatsi Dorothy as one of the first feminist heroes in children’s literature.Whether through the film, stage or song, various conversions of the land of Oz have seen that it has developed in a pop culture icon. But the most often associated with the scene was primarily from MGM’s 1939 film adaptation, starring the then 16 -year -old Judi Garland, with the “20th century” 20th -century “the biggest song” by the Arts and the Arts of the Arts, “the biggest song of the 20th century” was voted.On the 125th anniversary of the book, here are some curious backstory on colors, who breathed life in “The Wizard of Oz”.
Sliple that changed color …
In Bom’s original book, Dorothy’s fascinated shoes were silver, not ruby.TeaHe converted the 1939 film to a bright red to take full advantage of the then new technicler film process. The red bus was better popped on screen against silver, and especially against yellow bricks of the road.A pair of slippers worn by Judy Garland, stolen from the Minnesota Museum in 2005 and recovered by the FBI in 2018, was sold in auction in $ 28 million in 2024.
… And also horses?
Before CGI, there was food dye.To recreate “a horse of different colors”, dazzle, colorful horses that congratulate friends in Dorothy and Emerald City, four different white horses were used to create the effect of the same horse that turns into moment-by-moment color.The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals objected to the traditionally dyed horses; Vidya goes that technicians made them a spectrum of white, purple, red and yellow with either gelo powder or food dye.As the equine actor allegedly kept licking colored powder, the scenes had to be shot as soon as possible.
Through green glasses
Eagerly, known as “Emerald City”, neither is green nor made from emerald. This appears because everyone needs to wear green tinted glasses, a clever Russia to create the illusion of grandeur by the wizard.In the 1939 film, however, a literal green metropolis was depicted, thus always strengthened the city of Emerald in popular culture as a glow, green heaven.
What color was Dorothy’s dress really?
Dorothy’s Gingham Pinafor Dress was blue and white or blue and pink color, on which it is also diverting. Some fan sites suggest that what appeared in blue and white was actually blue and light pink. The costume team clearly used pink, which performed better on the screen under the rapid light of that era.No one can help, but recalls the color challenge on social media in early 2015, known as “The Dress”. Memorization? The viral phenomenon where a picture of a dress argued whether it was white and gold or blue and black, due to the difference in color perception and how the brain explains lighting.
A multiplicity of adaptation
Since its original publication, “The Wizard of Oz” has given rise to colorful interpretations.Singer Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” (1973), co-written with prolonged collaborative partner Berney Tupin, using oz imagery to disillusioned with fame and symbolize a yearning for a simple life. The 78 -year -old singer’s final world tour was renamed as “Farewell Yellow Brick Road”. It began on 8 September 2018 at Elenetown, Pennsylvania, US and ended July 8, 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden.Meanwhile, the 1978 “The Vis” was an all-black musical remagining, starring pre-suitable singer Diana Ross Dorothy and as the late king of Pop Michael Jackson as Skarecrow. Originally based on a successful broadway music, the film was widely banned by critics. But something more important behind the curtain: it led the first cross paths to experienced manufacturer Quincy Jones with his future “thriller” collaborator, JacksonAnd finally, Broadway’s 2003 blockbuster “wicked” completely flipped the script, which tells the untold story of the alphaba “alphaba wicked wicked” alphaba, with Emerald Skin and Gravity-Defining Vocals. Incidentally, the most recognizable number of music, in fact, suggests “gravity.” Music, which is based on a novel of the same name, has been adapted to the film of two-part since Synthia Erivo and Ariana Grande leads actors. The first part was released in 2024 and nominated for 10 Oscars at the 97th Academy Awards, two, winning the best costume designs and production designs.
