The subversive messages hidden in The Wizard of Oz

Re:The subversive messages hidden in The Wizard of Oz by nitwit005 on Friday August 16, 2019 @01:18PM (#20717273)

I suspect for most of this, they were just trying to be funny or weird rather than intending this symbolism/meaning to come across to the audience.

One of my economics textbooks contained an explanation of the theory that the yellow brick road was a reference to monetary policy (gold standard), but that theory seems to have been heavily challenged (See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_interpretations_of_T...).

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Re:The subversive messages hidden in The Wizard of Oz by jihadjihad on Friday August 16, 2019 @06:41PM (#20720403)

Perhaps we had the same textbook, because that's also where I heard that from. Krugman and Obstfeld, International Economics?

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Re:The subversive messages hidden in The Wizard of Oz by nitwit005 on Friday August 16, 2019 @07:13PM (#20720581)

You're probably right. I've forgotten at this point, even thought I apparently remember the content.

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Re:The subversive messages hidden in The Wizard of Oz by wodenokoto on Friday August 16, 2019 @06:46PM (#20720446)

I read that interpretation via Krugman as well.

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Re:The subversive messages hidden in The Wizard of Oz by chasontherobot on Friday August 16, 2019 @09:10PM (#20721242)

Why would you suspect that, when so many of the metaphors are so very blatant? When people create things, they usually put thought into them and meaning doesn't generally happen by accident.

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Re:The subversive messages hidden in The Wizard of Oz by feedbeef on Saturday August 17, 2019 @01:31AM (#20722298)

This documentary seems relevant:

Bill Still: The Secret of Oz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkq2E8mswI

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