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* HilariousInHindsight: The SinisterSubway set is modeled after the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station, the one that will be used as filming location for the music video of Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/{{Bad}}''.
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* GeniusBonus: The Scarecrow gives a strong hint how smart he really is early on: his song "You Can't Win" has the chorus "You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the game." This is accepted as a good layman's explanation for the Laws of Thermodynamics.
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** Most of the SinisterSubway {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s attack the heroes in suiting ways: the Scarecrow considers himself to be filled with garbage, and thus is almost EatenAlive by sentient toothy trash cans; the Tin Man is made of a conducting material and thus the electrical panel giving him a high-voltage attack is painful to him; Dorothy is unwilling to change her life and wants to always stay in the same small, familiar spaces, thus getting surrounded by the subway pillars that want to crush her to death can be seen as a metaphor of the way she's trapping herself.
** The Scarecrow gives a strong hint how smart he really is early on: his song "You Can't Win" has the chorus "You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the game." This is accepted as a good layman's explanation for the Laws of Thermodynamics.
** Most of the SinisterSubway {{Animate Inanimate Object}}s attack the heroes in suiting ways: the Scarecrow considers himself to be filled with garbage, and thus is almost EatenAlive by sentient toothy trash cans; the Tin Man is made of a conducting material and thus the electrical panel giving him a high-voltage attack is painful to him; Dorothy is unwilling to change her life and wants to always stay in the same small, familiar spaces, thus getting surrounded by the subway pillars that want to crush her to death can be seen as a metaphor of the way she's trapping herself.
** The Scarecrow gives a strong hint how smart he really is early on: his song "You Can't Win" has the chorus "You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the game." This is accepted as a good layman's explanation for the Laws of Thermodynamics.
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* NarmCharm: Yes, it's not the most cheery and colorful movie one would expect from an Oz project, at times it gets uniquely creepy and bizzarre and it gets slow paced and melancholic, but it's these oddities and its moody approach that make it special and really stick out among other Oz movies in the eyes of those who are fans of it.
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* NarmCharm: Yes, it's not the most cheery and colorful movie one would expect from an Oz project, at times it gets uniquely creepy and bizzarre and it gets slow paced and melancholic, but it's these oddities and its moody approach that make it special and really stick out among other Oz movies media in the eyes of those who are fans of it.
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* InformedWrongness: We're supposed to think Dorothy is being antisocial during the Thanksgiving party, but she's clearly just helping to get everything ready. Even when she leaves during Aunt Em's song, she's going to get a cake. She even gets a bottle for her cousin's baby.
** Similarly, the whole subplot of her not wanting to leave her job at a kindergarten to teach at high school. While Aunt Em claims it pays better, the jobs require different skillsets. [[FridgeLogic There's also the issue of how a kindergarten teacher would even qualify to teach high school.]] [[note]] In addition to the various certifications, a kindergarten teacher has to teach a variety of subjects while a high school teacher needs to specialize in one. [[/note]]
** Similarly, the whole subplot of her not wanting to leave her job at a kindergarten to teach at high school. While Aunt Em claims it pays better, the jobs require different skillsets. [[FridgeLogic There's also the issue of how a kindergarten teacher would even qualify to teach high school.]] [[note]] In addition to the various certifications, a kindergarten teacher has to teach a variety of subjects while a high school teacher needs to specialize in one. [[/note]]
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* InformedWrongness: We're supposed to think Dorothy is being antisocial during the Thanksgiving party, but she's clearly just helping to get everything ready. Even when she leaves during Aunt Em's song, she's going to get a cake. She even gets a bottle for her cousin's baby.
**baby. Similarly, the whole subplot of her not wanting to leave her job at a kindergarten to teach at high school. While Aunt Em claims it pays better, the jobs require different skillsets. [[FridgeLogic There's also the issue of how a kindergarten teacher would even qualify to teach high school.]] [[note]] In addition to the various certifications, a kindergarten teacher has to teach a variety of subjects while a high school teacher needs to specialize in one. [[/note]]
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** Likewise, Richard Pryor, as it meant the Wizard's songs had to be cut, especially fan-favorite "So You Wanted To Meet The Wizard."
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** Richard Pryor as the Wiz, as it meant the character's songs had to be cut, especially fan-favorite "So You Wanted To Meet The Wizard."
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* OlderThanTheyThink: Oz having [[spoiler: a crossdressing Wizard]] also dates back to the original book, in which the Wizard [[spoiler:dons several disguises, one of which makes the male Wizard seem like a lovely maiden]].
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* OlderThanTheyThink: Oz having [[spoiler: a crossdressing Wizard]] also dates back to the original book, ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', in which the Wizard [[spoiler:dons several disguises, one of which makes the male Wizard seem like a lovely maiden]].
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* InformedWrongness: We're supposed to think Dorothy is being antisocial during the Thanksgiving party, but she's clearly just helping to get everything ready. Even when shes leaves during Aunt Em's song, she's going to get a cake. She even gets a bottle for her cousin's baby.
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* InformedWrongness: We're supposed to think Dorothy is being antisocial during the Thanksgiving party, but she's clearly just helping to get everything ready. Even when shes she leaves during Aunt Em's song, she's going to get a cake. She even gets a bottle for her cousin's baby.
* QuestionableCasting:
** Music/DianaRoss, who in her thirties seems out of place in the shoes of the much younger Dorothy despite her singing chops. Ross was initially refused the part but eventually won it after persisting in her negotiations with the producer, with her age singled out as having rendered her unconvincing in the role of an emotionally distraught young woman.
** Nipsey Russell as the Tin Man, as his singing was not quite up to par with that of his co-stars.
** Music/DianaRoss, who in her thirties seems out of place in the shoes of the much younger Dorothy despite her singing chops. Ross was initially refused the part but eventually won it after persisting in her negotiations with the producer, with her age singled out as having rendered her unconvincing in the role of an emotionally distraught young woman.
** Nipsey Russell as the Tin Man, as his singing was not quite up to par with that of his co-stars.
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** Music/DianaRoss, who in her thirties seems out of place in the shoes of the much younger Dorothy despite her singing chops. Ross was initially refused the part but eventually won it after persisting in her negotiations with the producer, with her age singled out as having rendered her unconvincing in the role of an emotionally distraught young woman.
** Nipsey Russell as the Tin Man, as his singing was not quite up to par with that of his co-stars.
** Music/DianaRoss, who in her thirties seems out of place in the shoes of the much younger Dorothy despite her singing chops. Ross was initially refused the part but eventually won it after persisting in her negotiations with the producer, with her age singled out as having rendered her unconvincing in the role of an emotionally distraught young woman.
** Nipsey Russell as the Tin Man, as his singing was not quite up to par with that of his co-stars.
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** Likewise, Richard Pryor, as it meant the Wizard's songs had to be cut, especially fan-favorite "So You Wanted To Meet The Wizard."
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* InformedWrongness: We're supposed to think Dorothy is being antisocial during the Thanksgiving party, but she's clearly just helping to get everything ready. Even when shes leaves during Aunt Em's song, she's going to get a cake. She even gets a bottle for her cousin's baby.
** Similarly, the whole subplot of her not wanting to leave her job at a kindergarten to teach at high school. While Aunt Em claims it pays better, the jobs require different skillsets. [[FridgeLogic There's also the issue of how a kindergarten teacher would even qualify to teach high school.]] [[note]] In addition to the various certifications, a kindergarten teacher has to teach a variety of subjects while a high school teacher needs to specialize in one. [[/note]]
** Similarly, the whole subplot of her not wanting to leave her job at a kindergarten to teach at high school. While Aunt Em claims it pays better, the jobs require different skillsets. [[FridgeLogic There's also the issue of how a kindergarten teacher would even qualify to teach high school.]] [[note]] In addition to the various certifications, a kindergarten teacher has to teach a variety of subjects while a high school teacher needs to specialize in one. [[/note]]
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* CultClassic: Although a major critical and financial failure upon its release, it has since found an appreciative fanbase that has embraced a lot of the film's more redeeming qualities.
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* CultClassic: Although a major critical and financial failure upon its release, it has since found an appreciative fanbase that fanbase--especially in the Black community--that has embraced a lot of the film's more redeeming qualities.
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* GeniusBonus: The Scarecrow gives a strong hint how smart he really is early on: his song "You Can't Win" has the chorus "You can't win, you can't break even, you can't get out of the game." This is accepted as a good layman's explanation for the Laws of Thermodynamics.
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* GeniusBonus: The Scarecrow gives a strong hint how smart he really is early on: his song "You Can't Win" has the chorus "You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the game." This is accepted as a good layman's explanation for the Laws of Thermodynamics.
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** The very {{Wangst}}-y way the Tin Man weeps, complete with OcularGushers. It's meant to be comedic, but it just comes off as awkward, especially when it's used as SwissArmyTears to save the Lion and Dorothy's lives.
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** The very {{Wangst}}-y way the Tin Man weeps, complete with OcularGushers.OcularGushers, over his lost love Teeny. It's meant to be comedic, but it just comes off as awkward, especially when it's used as SwissArmyTears to save the Lion and Dorothy's lives.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film is viewed a bit more positively nowadays (especially among the black community), to the point where it has become something of a CultClassic.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film is viewed did terribly in theaters, being panned by critics and only making $13.6 million worldwide against a bit more positively nowadays (especially among production budget of $24 million. But that all changed when it came out on VHS in the black community), early 1980s (and again in the 1990s), and was also aired often on many Black-focused stations such as BET.[[note]]The film often aired near Thanksgiving, since this was when the early scenes of the movie were set with Dorothy's family.[[/note]] This led Black audiences to discover or rediscover the musical, now having access to see the show on VHS (when they might not have been able to go to live theater or wouldn't have seen it in theaters). Many Black people came to adore it despite the flaws due to the point where it has become something Black-led cast, popular songs from the accessible soundtrack including "You Can't Win" as a single, and the popularity of Ross and Jackson in Black culture. Black adults passed the love of a CultClassic.Black-led film with multiple Black movie and music stars to their children and family. Many a black child of the Gen X and early Millennial generations can tell the story about the first time they saw the movie and fell in love with the "Black" Wizard of Oz--some may have even seen ''The Wiz'' before they saw 1939's ''The Wizard of Oz''.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Many people only watched this movie to see Music/MichaelJackson. Some posters of the movie also make him larger and more visible than the main character Dorothy played by Music/DianaRoss.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Many people only watched this movie to see Music/MichaelJackson. Some posters of the movie also make him larger and more visible than the main character Dorothy played by Music/DianaRoss.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Dorothy's arc, about learning to adapt to new environments, provides a contrast to the lesson of [[Film/TheWizardOfOz MGM's adaptation]] of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'':
--->'''Dorothy (1939):''' If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with!
--->'''Dorothy (2015):''' Omaha is where I was born, but where I belong is with Aunt Em in Kansas...Home isn't where you live, it's where you love.
** Viewers who felt uncomfortable with past productions fat-shaming Evillene could find it refreshing that not all of the heroines here look skinny, and that none of the characters comment on their figures.
** Dorothy's arc, about learning to adapt to new environments, provides a contrast to the lesson of [[Film/TheWizardOfOz MGM's adaptation]] of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'':
--->'''Dorothy (1939):''' If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with!
--->'''Dorothy (2015):''' Omaha is where I was born, but where I belong is with Aunt Em in Kansas...Home isn't where you live, it's where you love.
** Viewers who felt uncomfortable with past productions fat-shaming Evillene could find it refreshing that not all of the heroines here look skinny, and that none of the characters comment on their figures.
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** The very {{Wangst}}-y way the Tin Man weeps, complete with OcularGushers. It's meant to be comedic, but it just comes off as awkward, especially when it's used as SwissArmyTears to save the Lion and Dorothy's life.
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** The very {{Wangst}}-y way the Tin Man weeps, complete with OcularGushers. It's meant to be comedic, but it just comes off as awkward, especially when it's used as SwissArmyTears to save the Lion and Dorothy's life.lives.
