Stop with the terrible ‘Wizard of Oz’ adaptations
nypost.comaccording to a Deadline report. The film from New Line will be directed by Nicole Kassell of HBO’s popular “Watchmen.” Here’s an idea for her: Drive down to Ace Hardware, buy a jackhammer and rip up the Yellow Brick Road so nobody can ever access it again.
Just like we did with “Peter Pan” and “Alice in Wonderland,” the world has reached critical mass with Dorothy and Toto. The dreamy land of Oz and its characters have been plundered over and over again since Baum’s book was first published in 1900 and, yes, society has fond memories of exactly three riffs: 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” (“Somewhere Over the Rainbow!” “The Wiz” (“Ease on Down the Road!”) and “Wicked” (“Defying Gravity!”).The rest of them — and there is a boatload — bring to mind.
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