Was the tin man gay
What's the gayest part of "The Wizard of Oz"?
Sorry, I made a mistake. L. Frank Baum wrote fourteen Ox books, not nineteen. they are:
1) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2) The Amazing Land of Oz
3) Ozma of Oz
4) Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
5) The Road to Oz
6) The Emerald City of Oz
7) The Patchwork Young woman of Oz
8) Tiktok of Oz
9) The Scarecrow of Oz
10) Rinkitink in Oz
11) The Lost Princess of Oz
12) The Tin Woodman of Oz
13) The Magic of Oz
14) Glinda of Oz
Plus there are a whole bunch of sequels written after Baum's death by other writers (most notably Ruth Plumly Thompson).
All of Baum's sequels are interesting and worth reading, although some are much more enjoyable than others. None of them has the power of the original book, though, which is such a masterpiece because of its inventiveness and because it so much captures the spirit of the turn of the century in the Great Plains. Dorothy is portrayed unlike how she is in the later books (where she's silly and vain), and is a very morbid and serious child.
| by Anonymous | reply 93 | January 28, 2022 6:53 PM |
March 28, 201865 notes
“Dorothy’s three companions on her trip to Oz have elongated been read as gay and for good reason. The Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion are misfits who accomplish not conform to their perceived roles. The Scarecrow isn’t able to frighten anything, crow or otherwise, the Tin Man constantly needs lubing up, and the Cowardly Lion seems to choose mincing to roaring. This ostracisation is familiar to many gay guys who are often accused of being less masculine than direct guys. … It’s no wonder that the term ‘friend of Dorothy’ has extended been used as a low-key way of asking whether a guy is of the gay persuasion.”
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Gay Times, 2015
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Massachusetts-Born Star Hated Filming ‘The Wizard of Oz’
John Joseph Haley Jr. was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer, drummer and vaudevillian. Yet chances are the only reason you've heard of him is because of his role in the classic 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer film The Wizard of Oz.
Jack Haley, as he was recognizable to fans, was born August 10, 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts to Jack Haley Jr. and Ellen Curley. Haley's father, a waiter and ship steward, died in the wreck of the schooner Charles A. Briggs in Nahant, Massachusetts, in 1898 when his son was just six months old.
Jack Haley would co-star in films with Shirley Temple and Frank Sinatra, and of course the film that brought him fame The Wizard of Oz with another child star, Judy Garland.
Haley was cast in The Wizard of Oz as the Tin Man, replacing Buddy Ebsen, who vacated the role after suffering an allergic reaction to the silver face makeup used in the motion picture. Haley also suffered a reaction to the aluminum-based makeup. An eye infection sidelined him for several days.
Haley married Florence McFadden in 1921, and the c
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