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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 627019, member: 57463"]I searched for the discussion looking for "wizard of oz" (nothing returned) and then just "wizard" (got the coin supplies). Can you suggest a good search term for that discussion?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the allegory is the book first. Some of the elements do not appear in the movie, the silver slippers, for instance, which are ruby in the film. Whether and to what extent Baum intended the story to be a parable is debatable. Even the history teacher who first proposed the theory retracted it. Also, that theory was published in 1964, long after the movie. In fact, the theory was revived in the publicity about the 50th Anniversary of the movie in 1989. From there, it lives a life of its own. Currently, numismatist Lane Brunner is giving talks on this theme.</p><p>• “Silver, Gold and the Wizard.” Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, Colorado Springs, CO, September 17, 2005</p><p>• “The Wizard and Populism.” Everest College, Colorado Springs, CO, June 13, 2006</p><p>• “Gold, Silver and the Wizard.” Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, Colorado Springs, CO, October 4, 2006</p><p>• “Gold, Silver and the Wizard of Oz.” National Money Show, Charlotte, NC, March 18, 2007</p><p>• “Gold, Silver and the Wizard of Oz.” South Suburban Coin Club, Denver, CO, July 26, 2007.</p><p><br /></p><p>In an unpublished submission elsewhere I called the theory a "Zombie Crimewave." In debate (forensics) a zombie is an idea that will not die despite its lack of facts (life). The "crimewave" starts with the "Crime of '73" a term that might have been coined many years after the event.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 627019, member: 57463"]I searched for the discussion looking for "wizard of oz" (nothing returned) and then just "wizard" (got the coin supplies). Can you suggest a good search term for that discussion? Also, the allegory is the book first. Some of the elements do not appear in the movie, the silver slippers, for instance, which are ruby in the film. Whether and to what extent Baum intended the story to be a parable is debatable. Even the history teacher who first proposed the theory retracted it. Also, that theory was published in 1964, long after the movie. In fact, the theory was revived in the publicity about the 50th Anniversary of the movie in 1989. From there, it lives a life of its own. Currently, numismatist Lane Brunner is giving talks on this theme. • “Silver, Gold and the Wizard.” Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, Colorado Springs, CO, September 17, 2005 • “The Wizard and Populism.” Everest College, Colorado Springs, CO, June 13, 2006 • “Gold, Silver and the Wizard.” Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, Colorado Springs, CO, October 4, 2006 • “Gold, Silver and the Wizard of Oz.” National Money Show, Charlotte, NC, March 18, 2007 • “Gold, Silver and the Wizard of Oz.” South Suburban Coin Club, Denver, CO, July 26, 2007. In an unpublished submission elsewhere I called the theory a "Zombie Crimewave." In debate (forensics) a zombie is an idea that will not die despite its lack of facts (life). The "crimewave" starts with the "Crime of '73" a term that might have been coined many years after the event.[/QUOTE]
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