He is an authoritarian monster in both the Wizard of Oz and in Wicked. Did you watch the Wizard of Oz? What was the whole point of his character there? He was a huckster who became an authoritarian leader....I thought this was obvious.
He is an authoritarian monster in both the Wizard of Oz and in Wicked. Did you watch the Wizard of Oz? What was the whole point of his character there? He was a huckster who became an authoritarian leader....I thought this was obvious.
He's a huckster and con man, but at no point do I recall him actually using his authoritarian power to do anything monstrous in Wizard of Oz. He appears to be completely laissez faire towards the lives of regular Ozians. I suppose his demand for Dorothy to bring him the Witch's broomstick is, well, kind of enlisting a young child for a special forces mission, but beyond that and having an intimidating false front he doesn't do anything monstrous. Once he's revealed, he is avuncular and well-meaning. He certainly doesn't display any bigotry towards sentient animals. The point of the character is that he's a light satirization of government figures.
(In the original book, he does make everyone wear green glasses when entering the Emerald City because the City is not actually green, so I suppose that's more of an authoritarian move, but that's just economic stimulus!)
He is an authoritarian monster in both the Wizard of Oz and in Wicked. Did you watch the Wizard of Oz? What was the whole point of his character there? He was a huckster who became an authoritarian leader....I thought this was obvious.
He's a huckster and con man, but at no point do I recall him actually using his authoritarian power to do anything monstrous in Wizard of Oz. He appears to be completely laissez faire towards the lives of regular Ozians. I suppose his demand for Dorothy to bring him the Witch's broomstick is, well, kind of enlisting a young child for a special forces mission, but beyond that and having an intimidating false front he doesn't do anything monstrous. Once he's revealed, he is avuncular and well-meaning. He certainly doesn't display any bigotry towards sentient animals. The point of the character is that he's a light satirization of government figures.
(In the original book, he does make everyone wear green glasses when entering the Emerald City because the City is not actually green, so I suppose that's more of an authoritarian move, but that's just economic stimulus!)