Dangerous, Dirty, and Unfun

If the Munchkins have been subjugated for so long, how come Munchkinland looks so pristine and pleasant? These guys have been serfs for however long, and yet they’re looking dapper and well-dressed.

Why doesn’t Glinda team up with the Good Witch of the South and just wage battle against the Wicked Witch of the West?

Where are the rest of the guilds? We just get the Lullaby Guild and the Lollipop Guild. Is there a Buttercup Guild? A Cinnamon Roll Guild? A Teddy Bear Guild?

Where does the red brick road go? The uh, Topaz City?

I know the Scarecrow doesn’t have a brain (even though, spoiler alert, he’s the smartest one in the group), but he doesn’t know about the Wizard of Oz? The Great Oz is like, the ruler of the world the Scarecrow lives in!

This is picking nits, but once the Tin Woodsman gets a heart, shouldn’t he the ask for a stomach? Lungs? Any other organs?

Why isn’t the portion of the Yellow Brick Road that goes through the Cowardly Lion’s territory better maintained? Is that like the Camden of Oz?

Does the Wicked Witch really need to enchant the poppy field? That’s straight up opium already!

Look at how expansive that poppy field is. What is this, Afghanistan? Ba-dum-cha!

They didn’t dye all those horses, did they?

You DARE to come to me for a heart, do you? You clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk! No question here, I just love that line.

Why do the Wicked Witch’s soldiers look just like her? Isn’t that weird?

Again, not a question, but I love how everyone refers to the Cowardly Lion as, well, the Cowardly Lion. “What about the courage you promised the Cowardly Lion, or the heart you promised the Heartless Tin Man, or the brain you promised me, the Brainless Scarecrow, or the trip to Kansas you promised Homeless Dorothy?”

Tags: gingham coveralls, questions, The Wizard of Oz

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