tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post3173690473988359147..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Dorothy the Assassin?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-24083305459741837562023-04-28T12:10:43.605-05:002023-04-28T12:10:43.605-05:00The evidence shows Winfrey picked up a joke by Pol...The evidence shows Winfrey picked up a joke by Polito, who was credited in the original newspaper but whose name was cropped out of a widely circulated digital image.<br /><br />See: https://tumblr.austinkleon.com/post/36512879652<br />J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-20781545752756387932023-04-28T10:21:00.015-05:002023-04-28T10:21:00.015-05:00The plot summary credited to Polito was written by...The plot summary credited to Polito was written by Lee Winfrey of the Philadelphia Inquirer, who retired as tv and film reviewer in 2001.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-59170630694561225982022-08-19T14:39:14.489-05:002022-08-19T14:39:14.489-05:00You’ll have to take that up with Chris Roberson, t...You’ll have to take that up with Chris Roberson, the comics scripter who a decade ago made the <i>Fables</i> version of Dorothy a killer for hire.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-38873047357373319802022-08-18T23:03:27.794-05:002022-08-18T23:03:27.794-05:00Now that I think about it (it has been a few years...Now that I think about it (it has been a few years since I saw the movie) the death of the Wicked Witch of the West was also an accident. I seem to remember that Dorothy was to bring back the witches broom, but I don’t remember if she was required to kill the witch. Yes, there was probably no way to get the broom without killing the witch so there could be an argument for I ntent… but the actual killing of the Wicked Witch of the West was, in reality, the result of an accident. Dorothy was trying to save the Scarecrow who was on fire and accidentally got water on the witch in the process causing her to melt. I doubt that Dorothy was aware of the fact that getting water on the witch would cause her to melt and getting water on the witch was not the intent of Dorothy throwing the water at that time.Don Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-45525834244045124512022-08-18T22:48:07.726-05:002022-08-18T22:48:07.726-05:00Dorothy did not kill the Wicked Witch of the East....Dorothy did not kill the Wicked Witch of the East. Yes, Dorothy’s house (actually Auntie Em’s house) fell on the Wicked Witch of the East resulting in her death, but Dorothy had no control or responsibility of that accidental death. The death was caused by the tornado picking up the house and dropping it on the witch. If you think Dorothy was somehow responsible for the death, I’m willing to hear your attempt at an explanation of how she was responsible.Don Pnoreply@blogger.com