Thesis: The absence of feminist themes and moral simplification of the Wizard's backstory in Oz: The Great and Powerful exemplifies how ideology can regress, rather than progress, in media as stories shift genres and change intended audiences, often due to certain social issues becoming less pressing in the public eye.
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Social History:
The Marvelous Land of Oz
- Written in 1904
- Established Suffrage Movement
- Written by L. Frank Baum, husband of suffragette Maude Gage and son in law of famous suffragette and abolitionist Matilda Joslyn Gage.
Oz: The Great and Powerful
- Released in 2013
- Recession
- Premiered on International Women's Day (!)
- Written and directed by men
Genre:
Children's (Specifically Young Girl's) Fantasy vs. Fantasy Adventure/Blockbuster
Semiotic Relationships:
- Oscar Diggs Claim to Power
- King Pastoria(1904) vs. King Pastoria (2013)
- Princess Ozma vs. Glinda
-Glinda (1904) vs. Glinda (2013)
- Glinda's Army (1904) vs. Glinda's Army (2013)
-The Wicked Witch of the West (Oz: The Great and Powerful was released 10 years after Wicked)
I like your thesis especially the feminist part and maybe even talk about the different from the 1904 feminist to 2013 and reactions from the movie concerning that topic
ReplyDeleteYou're on a good track here, but I'd like to see it expanded a little more for your presentation. What are the specific issues addressed by the 1904 version that don't appear in the modern version? Are these issues unimportant in the modern day? Also, I'm having a little bit of a harder time connecting the Wizard into your project. Why is his moral simplification important, and why does it shift over time/genre? Why is it regressive to simplify him?
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