Talk:Wizard (Oz)

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I have made extensive revisions to this article as part of an effort of mine to upgrade and improve the articles for Oz characters. The old article was basically only about the character as he appears in the classic books. I have added information about the subsequent movie as well as the modern revisionist works. --MatthewUND 21:24, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

I just entered the discussion of the Scarecrow, where I pointed out that a picture of the character is necessary to "put my oysters in the cupboard" (it looses its funny part in the translation). This can be taken from the article about Frank Morgan (the actor). //
signed: Brutus "Old Floppy" Dickinson - the watermelon-flavored calender girl of northern Europe
December 28, 2005 22.20 (GMT+1)

Done, although I take no responsibility for your oysters. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 07:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Frank Morgan as the fortune teller

"a mysterious traveling fortune teller that Dorothy meets back home in Kansas." Unless I am not getting it right, this statement is wrong: Dorothy meets the traveling fortune teller, his horse and his crystal ball when she is still in Kansas and has not yet visited Oz, and briefly again when she is back home... fr:Utilisateur:Enro on February 14, 2006

[edit] Wicked Book vs. Musical

It should be noted that events in the novel Wicked transpire much differently than in the broadway musical. In the novel Fiyero is most definitely murdered. The play massaged this in order to have a somewhat happy ending. Also, it is never proven that Madame Morrible is the cause of the tornado that kills Nessarose. I would suggest a cleanup of the "Modern Works" section of this article to make that clear. BassBone (my talk · my contributions) 08:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Good point. I reworded the Madame Morrible bit, and removed Fiyero altogether since IIRC in the musical the Wizard's culpability isn't spelled out, and it's the Gale Force who kill Fiyero in the novel. Seemed easiest just to leave it out, as it's not directly related to the Wizard either way. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:19, 6 May 2006 (UTC)