Hey, did you know the Broadway musical Wicked is coming to Des Moines? Because I haven't seen any advertising. Our personal images of the Wizard of Oz are shaped by the 1939 musical starring Judy in glorious Technicolor. Or should I say glowing? Technicolor was bright. The original book was illustrated by one W.W. Denslow and his vision was a bit different. But the pictures did match the book's character descriptions. The lovely creature to your right is Glinda, who looks a little like Winston Churchill in a dress. Hard to imagine her trilling "are you a good witch or a bad witch"? Maybe that line wasn't in the book. Check out the one and only original.The Wizard of Oz (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the orginal title ) as illustrated by W. W. Denslow.
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