This week in pointless trivia.
Robin Landseadel
robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Sat Oct 5 11:29:48 CDT 2013
The sheer depth of the cheesiness is astounding.
The overwhelming sense of nostalgia one feels for this fantasy is
cranked up to "11" in this version. Some pre-war stuff from Mrs.
Quoad's best-hid tins.
Kinda like Abba on real good acid. Which is to say, the experience
might head south for the uninitiated.
On Oct 5, 2013, at 9:10 AM, <kelber at mindspring.com> <kelber at mindspring.com
> wrote:
> Saw the Wizard of Oz in color for the first time as an adult, after
> a childhood of watching it solely on B&W TV. Although I finally
> understood the "What kind of horse is that?" line, I was
> disappointed by the cheesiness the color added. It's hard to believe
> that 3D would do anything but take that cheesiness to a whole new
> level. But you're saying that level is a deeper one? Maybe I'll
> consider it.
>
> Laura
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