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Podcast: Verbal Diorama
Episode: (From the Archive) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Description: To celebrate the release of Wicked: For Good, we're off to see the wizard, the 200th episode of this podcast.The Wizard of Oz is still as relevant, vibrant and perfect as ever. It was a beloved children’s book, that manifested into a cultural cinematic icon. And despite the colours, the textures, the joyous wonder of the wonderful world of Oz, there’s such a darkness to the story. The state-of-the-art, beautiful Technicolor world belies the pain, abuse, injuries and illnesses on set. Whoever said "art is pain" did might have been talking about the ma...