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We had our debate today about whether or not the Wizard of Oz (Woz, which is Mrs. Edinger’s shortened version of Wizard of Oz) movie was a good adaptation of the book or not. I was on the Bad Adaptation side with c17zt, c17ar, c17dw and c17db. Lucky for me, I thought that the Woz movie was a bad adaptation, so it wasn’t too hard to argue about it.

The debate was really fun (I was nervous at the beginning) and we all got really ‘passionate’ about it, according to Mrs. Edinger. (see her post about it.) We argued about the Golden Cap, and if you don’t know about it ’cause you just watched the movie – that totally proves our point! We also argued about the two good witches (there were originally two, in the book, but the movie morphed them into one) and about them journeying to see Glinda, the good witch of the south and the lion becoming the king of the forest and the little china place. If you only watched the movie – you won’t know any of it. It was a bad adaptation because

1. They left out parts I thought were important like the Lion becoming king of the forest

2. They turned the witch of the north and Glinda into one good witch – Glinda, witch of the north

3. They left out the golden cap – and every part where it was mentioned!

4. A famous part of the movie is when Glinda (the fake one from the movie) sends Dorothy home and Dorothy keeps saying, “There’s no place like home.” But that is NOT what happens in the book – the real Glinda sends Dorothy home with the golden cap!

The movie was totally a bad adaptation and now you can see why.