The Wizard of Oz has been interpreted through a range of critical frameworks, including historical analysis, American identity, religion and philosophy, gender and sexuality, and the musical genre. As a result, while some of the critical work featured here focuses on the MGM film exclusively, much of the commentary and critical engagement surrounding The Wizard of Oz connects the film with other versions of the story and the significant role of The Wizard of Oz within the larger popular culture landscape. The themes of The Wizard of Oz continue to resonate with viewers decades after its initial release. Conversely, The Wizard of Oz has also inspired a wide range of adaptations, revisions, and allusions of its own, including Sidney Lumet’s film The Wiz (1978), Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, and the 2003 Tony Award–winning Broadway musical Wicked, which was adapted from Maguire’s novel. Frank Baum’s children’s book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), the film follows much of Baum’s narrative trajectory, while also adding new and innovative elements to the story, including a streamlining of Dorothy’s Oz adventures and an amplification of her desire to return to Kansas. Many elements of the film are instantly recognizable the world over, including the Yellow Brick Road, the ruby slippers, Dorothy’s trio of companions, “Somewhere over the Rainbow,” and the adage that “there’s no place like home.” Adapted from L. The Wizard of Oz (1939) has become a cultural touchstone for everything from American identity to adventure and self-actualization. New York Times Baum created a truly extraordinary world, a real world. will never pass entirely away, but a welcome place remains and will easily be found for such stories as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Marina Warner, Guardian The tales of Aesop and other fabulists.
have become the mythological furniture of our children's minds, and of our own and our parents'. Like Robin Hood, Alice or Winnie the Pooh, Baum's inventions.
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