Where farmhouses spin in the sky
and witches will shrivel and die
The wizard is scary
and trees are nightmare-y
and monkeys wear jackets and fly.
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming [and others], 1939) is one of the most vivid and terrifying memories of my childhood--and I only knew it in black-and-white on television. Margaret Hamilton was a wicked witch to remember. This tops my personal Childhood Chills.
Still one of my all-time favorite films. To quote one of the grouchy trees, "How would you like it if someone came along and picked something off of you?"
ReplyDeleteA flying monkey wouldn't care.
ReplyDeleteMy older brother was terrified of the witch and the flying monkeys. I loved them. The wicked witch was always my favorite character.
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