The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

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Re: The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

Post by DrYouth » Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:02 pm

To me the Wizard of Oz was always a metaphor for overcoming disruptive life events...

The cyclone hits... disrupting our world... and on the journey to recovery we must find allies and recover heart, mind and courage... all the while confronting the aspect of the self/other that remain a barrier to this... The Evil Witch....and the Narcissistic Oz... ways we defend ourself that often are projected onto the outside world...

At first the belief is that we need rescuing from the outside by a charismatic and powerful other....

But eventually we have the courage to face our core self (basic unmet needs) under narcissistic defences (denial, self aggrandizement) and confront the witch (primitive aggressive defences) and return to the world of safety from which we were estranged... recalling that we had the resources within us all along... and thus the journey is completed.

As for gold, silver, north and south... it all seems window dressing to the core archetypal story... but then I would think that wouldn't I.
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Re: The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

Post by Speaker to Animals » Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:19 pm

It's about burning the Washington empire to the ground and exterminating Californian degeneracy.

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Re: The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

Post by Hastur » Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:22 am

I wonder if Pink Floyd knew about this. :think:

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Re: The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

Post by Hwen Hoshino » Wed Apr 18, 2018 4:52 am

C-Mag wrote:Great stuff, been around for a long time.

Glenn Beck and his blackboard



A couple of Paul Harvey 'Rest of the Story' about Oz
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3
Could you not do better than that nutjob?

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Re: The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

Post by Kath » Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:57 am

Hastur wrote:I wonder if Pink Floyd knew about this. :think:
I did that once. I got about 3 songs in. A whole lotta nada.
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Re: The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

Post by C-Mag » Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:08 am

Hwen Hoshino wrote:
C-Mag wrote:Great stuff, been around for a long time.

Glenn Beck and his blackboard



A couple of Paul Harvey 'Rest of the Story' about Oz
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3
Could you not do better than that nutjob?

Nope, I challenge you to do better.
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Re: The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

Post by Hwen Hoshino » Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:28 pm

C-Mag wrote:
Hwen Hoshino wrote:
C-Mag wrote:Great stuff, been around for a long time.

Glenn Beck and his blackboard



A couple of Paul Harvey 'Rest of the Story' about Oz
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3
Could you not do better than that nutjob?

Nope, I challenge you to do better.
There are 7 billion humans and this the guy you want to put out?

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Re: The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

Post by Speaker to Animals » Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:36 pm

Well, he's not Asian. What do you want?

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Re: The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

Post by Hwen Hoshino » Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:28 pm

Speaker to Animals wrote:Well, he's not Asian. What do you want?
Somone who does not call himself a rodeo clown on camera.

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Re: The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

Post by C-Mag » Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:01 pm

Hwen Hoshino wrote:
C-Mag wrote:
Hwen Hoshino wrote: Could you not do better than that nutjob?

Nope, I challenge you to do better.
There are 7 billion humans and this the guy you want to put out?
So, your just going to criticize me ?

Not actually do anything and find someone better at breaking down the allegory of Oz.
What's the deal man. You got nothing................ my Glen Beck Wins. 1-0
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