Many interpret the Wizard of Oz as being a reference to the authors ideas about the switch to gold and silver backed money, which was an issue of the time.
Oz references ounces, the yellow brick road is a golden road, in the book Dorothy has silver shoes, not ruby, the Emerald City is supposedly where paper currency is issued, and the Wizard is supposed to be a banker.
Oh and the Lion is supposed to be Teddy Roosevelt. Apparently there are a fair few political references of the era it was written.
Baum wrote a fuckload of Oz books, too. If 1940s Hollywood was anything like today, we would have been too busy making Oz sequels to participate in WWII.
Many interpret the Wizard of Oz as being a reference to the authors ideas about the switch to gold and silver backed money, which was an issue of the time.
Oz references ounces, the yellow brick road is a golden road, in the book Dorothy has silver shoes, not ruby, the Emerald City is supposedly where paper currency is issued, and the Wizard is supposed to be a banker.
Oh and the Lion is supposed to be Teddy Roosevelt. Apparently there are a fair few political references of the era it was written.
Baum wrote a fuckload of Oz books, too. If 1940s Hollywood was anything like today, we would have been too busy making Oz sequels to participate in WWII.