The Wizard of Oz

Pravanthika Alluri



          The Wizard of Oz started development after Walt Disney’s Snow White showed that films adapted from children’s stories and fairy tales could be successful. The script had many rewrites and writers before they began the shooting. Many of the films elements were told to be dimmed down because the creators felt that the whole magic element wasn’t really popular with the audience. Instead of a fantasy, it was made into a dream sequence which I felt made the film what is it today. The representation of this shows that just because a fantasy might seem perfect, it’s not always perfect. It can be twisted and negative. The reality might not be perfect but it is what makes us feel safe and comfortable. The consumption of the film was that it did not make that big of a profit as people thought it would because even though it was popular, it wasn’t as popular as it is today. The reception of the film was positive and it received universal acclaim upon release. Some people thought that the actress who played Dorothy was a little too old though. They thought that Dorothy wasn’t the same as they imagined the character to be. The identity of the movie is more of that the movie takes you to another world so the audience could identify themselves as imaginative and more creative. There weren’t many regulations to the movie because it was a family movie and turned out to be one of the most successful movies of American history.