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** Those parents themselves have been subject to interpretations -- some viewers believe they were straight-up AbusiveParents, while others believe they were relatively normal, with the odd exception of raising their son without toys.
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** Most of the Wicked Witch's attacks are toward the Scarecrow? Is it because (being made of straw and because the Tin Man is armed and made of metal, while the lion has sharp teeth) he's the easiest target, because he's Dorothy's first and therefore best friend, or because he's the mouthiest towards her?
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** Most of the Wicked Witch's attacks are toward the Scarecrow? Scarecrow -- why? Is it because (being made of straw and because the Tin Man is armed and made of metal, while the lion has sharp teeth) he's the easiest target, because he's Dorothy's first and therefore best friend, or because he's the mouthiest towards her?
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** Audrey II:
*** Does it want to eat Audrey for sustenance, because it's just evil, or because it wants Seymour for itself?
*** Is it evil, or amoral?
** Seymour:
*** Is he just spineless, or is he just selfish and amoral?
*** Does he truly love Audrey, or does he see her as something to possess?
** Why was Mushnik taking advantage of Seymour once he became famous and blackmailing him about Orin's death, despite previously being kind enough to take him in? Was it just {{greed}}, or was Audrey II manipulating him?
** Are the GreekChorus just observers, or do they have an ulterior motive?
** Provided what Orin said about his mother encouraging him to become a dentist [[DepravedDentist precisely because he was evil]] was true, does she believe all dentists are evil, or did she want him to have an outlet for his evil desires that probably wouldn't lead to him becoming a SerialKiller?
** Why did Audrey cry upon seeing Seymour in a leather jacket? It was probably because it reminded her of Orin, but was it because she felt guilty about wanting him gone, or was it a TraumaButton since Orin was abusive?
** Audrey II:
*** Does it want to eat Audrey for sustenance, because it's just evil, or because it wants Seymour for itself?
*** Is it evil, or amoral?
** Seymour:
*** Is he just spineless, or is he just selfish and amoral?
*** Does he truly love Audrey, or does he see her as something to possess?
** Why was Mushnik taking advantage of Seymour once he became famous and blackmailing him about Orin's death, despite previously being kind enough to take him in? Was it just {{greed}}, or was Audrey II manipulating him?
** Are the GreekChorus just observers, or do they have an ulterior motive?
** Provided what Orin said about his mother encouraging him to become a dentist [[DepravedDentist precisely because he was evil]] was true, does she believe all dentists are evil, or did she want him to have an outlet for his evil desires that probably wouldn't lead to him becoming a SerialKiller?
** Why did Audrey cry upon seeing Seymour in a leather jacket? It was probably because it reminded her of Orin, but was it because she felt guilty about wanting him gone, or was it a TraumaButton since Orin was abusive?
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*** Some people with AS are particularly under - or over -sensitive to specific sensory input, which might be another reason why Elwood likes to wear sunglasses (he is more sensitive than others to sunlight). Taste hypersensitivity can manifest itself as a marked preference for relatively tasteless food - which would explain the character's predilection for dry white toast.
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*** Some people with AS are particularly under - or over -sensitive to specific sensory input, which might be another reason why Elwood likes to wear sunglasses (he is more sensitive than others to sunlight). Taste hypersensitivity can manifest itself as [[PlainPalate a marked preference for relatively tasteless food food]] - which would explain the character's predilection for dry white toast.
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* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' has a couple regarding Sara and her stepmother: the more common interpretation is that Sara treats her mother like a WickedStepmother unfairly, her feelings rooted in childish jealousy, and over the course of the story, she grows up and puts her childishness behind her. The other one is that she really ''is'' a passive-aggressive WickedStepmother, and the lesson Sara really learns is [[ArcWords "It's not fair,]] but that's the way it is, so you better learn to deal with it". Proponents of the latter point out that the stepmother only has one scene in the movie, which shows her subtly criticizing Sara for not being more popular, and that in the end, Sara [[spoiler: embraces all of the friends she met in the Labyrinth, saying a part of her will always need them.]]
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** The movie has a couple regarding Sara and her stepmother: the more common interpretation is that Sara treats her mother like a WickedStepmother unfairly, her feelings rooted in childishjealousy, [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]], and over the course of the story, she grows up and puts her childishness [[KiddieKid childishness]] behind her. The other one is that she really ''is'' a passive-aggressive WickedStepmother, and the lesson Sara really learns is [[ArcWords "It's not fair,]] but that's the way it is, so you better learn to deal with it". Proponents of the latter point out that the stepmother only has one scene in the movie, which shows her subtly criticizing Sara for not being more popular, and that in the end, Sara [[spoiler: embraces all of the friends she met in the Labyrinth, saying a part of her will always need them.]]]]
** Jareth, the Fireys, and other characters from the Labyrinth, resemble Sarah's toys and knickknacks. Are they imaginary, or are they taking on forms that Sarah is familiar (albeit not necessarily [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith comfortable]]) with?
** The movie has a couple regarding Sara and her stepmother: the more common interpretation is that Sara treats her mother like a WickedStepmother unfairly, her feelings rooted in childish
** Jareth, the Fireys, and other characters from the Labyrinth, resemble Sarah's toys and knickknacks. Are they imaginary, or are they taking on forms that Sarah is familiar (albeit not necessarily [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith comfortable]]) with?
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** The prequel to the story the movie is based on, "Bubba and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers" make it clear that it really is Elvis who has retired from music and joined a monster hunting organization, and that an impersonator is who took his place and died on the toilet.
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* ''Film/MadameWeb2024'':
** The context of Ezekiel's visions is left unexplained, and instead all that is shown is that an older Sims returns home to find his spider stolen before he is attacked by three costumed figures who let him fall to his death. Cassie suggests in the final fight that it was a case of being MetaphoricallyTrue and the events of the visions weren't actually how he was going to die, but it's never confirmed to be this and if it was a potential future then Julia, Mattie and Anya come across as more morally ambiguous characters in those visions instead of superheroes.
** Ezekiel Sims is not a good man by any standard, having shot a pregnant woman and left her to die to gain his powers. However he then spent every night of the the next 30 years having visions of the three women destined to kill him, the context of which are never fully explained. As a result it's unclear whether in these visions Sims did anything wrong to deserve his fate or even if Julia, Mattie and Anya are heroes in that potential future, and while it doesn't excuse his actions it might be easy to see him as a desperate man who has spent three decades living in fear and is willing to do anything to change his future.
** The context of Ezekiel's visions is left unexplained, and instead all that is shown is that an older Sims returns home to find his spider stolen before he is attacked by three costumed figures who let him fall to his death. Cassie suggests in the final fight that it was a case of being MetaphoricallyTrue and the events of the visions weren't actually how he was going to die, but it's never confirmed to be this and if it was a potential future then Julia, Mattie and Anya come across as more morally ambiguous characters in those visions instead of superheroes.
** Ezekiel Sims is not a good man by any standard, having shot a pregnant woman and left her to die to gain his powers. However he then spent every night of the the next 30 years having visions of the three women destined to kill him, the context of which are never fully explained. As a result it's unclear whether in these visions Sims did anything wrong to deserve his fate or even if Julia, Mattie and Anya are heroes in that potential future, and while it doesn't excuse his actions it might be easy to see him as a desperate man who has spent three decades living in fear and is willing to do anything to change his future.
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* ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'':
** When did "Gordon" realise he was actually Uncle Fester? Was it at the end of the movie when his amnesia was fully cured, in the middle of the movie when he realises the house looks familiar, or even at the ''beginning'' of the movie during the seance (meaning he was initially struggling to accept the truth)?
** Did Craven know that "Gordon" was really Fester, and if so, was she using him as a pawn to steal the Addamses' money?
** When Pubert switched some wires to electrocute Debbie, the main villain, to death, did he do so on purpose to protect his family (since the Addamses are said to have very strong protective instincts towards their relatives)? Or, since he is a baby, was it a case of AccidentalMurder and he had no clue she would die? His giggling afterwards could support ''either'' interpretation.
** When did "Gordon" realise he was actually Uncle Fester? Was it at the end of the movie when his amnesia was fully cured, in the middle of the movie when he realises the house looks familiar, or even at the ''beginning'' of the movie during the seance (meaning he was initially struggling to accept the truth)?
** Did Craven know that "Gordon" was really Fester, and if so, was she using him as a pawn to steal the Addamses' money?
** When Pubert switched some wires to electrocute Debbie, the main villain, to death, did he do so on purpose to protect his family (since the Addamses are said to have very strong protective instincts towards their relatives)? Or, since he is a baby, was it a case of AccidentalMurder and he had no clue she would die? His giggling afterwards could support ''either'' interpretation.
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* The Creator/QuentinTarantino film ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' poses quite of few of these questions regarding its characters. For instance, who are the actual protagonists? Are the Basterds the protagonists? Is it Landa? Shoshana? Is Landa the VillainProtagonist? Or is Raine the VillainProtagonist? Can any of the characters be considered genuine good guys who the audience can root for? Also, is Landa a MagnificentBastard? Is Raine a [[IncrediblyLamePun Magnificent Basterd]]? Are the Basterds [[AntiHero Anti Heroes]], [[SociopathicHero Sociopathic Hero]], or just [[PsychoForHire Sociopaths]]?
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* The Creator/QuentinTarantino film ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' poses quite of few of these questions regarding its characters. For instance, who are the actual protagonists? Are the Basterds the protagonists? Is it Landa? Shoshana? Is Landa the VillainProtagonist? Or is Raine the VillainProtagonist? Can any of the characters be considered genuine good guys who the audience can root for? Also, is Landa a MagnificentBastard? Is Raine a [[IncrediblyLamePun Magnificent Basterd]]? Basterd? Are the Basterds [[AntiHero Anti Heroes]], [[SociopathicHero Sociopathic Hero]], Anti-Heroes]], {{Sociopathic Hero}}es, or just [[PsychoForHire Sociopaths]]?
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* ''Film/{{Elf}}'':
** Did Miles Finch beat up Buddy when the latter mistook him for an elf because he's just a {{Jerkass}}, or was it because he'd been discriminated against before for his short height? He was a {{Hypocrite}} (writing a story about a farm despite calling farm stories unoriginal) but that doesn't exclude the possibility of discrimination being the reason he got angry at Buddy.
** Is Buddy a {{Manchild}} simply because he acts like an elf, and elves act more like kids from a human perspective? Or is it because the elves treat him like a kid due to 30 being the equivalent of 15 in elf years? Or, on a darker note, is he brain-damaged from [[SweetTooth eating mostly sugar]] and only sleeping forty minutes per night? On the flip side, is his diet of mostly sugar and lack of sleep actually not so bad for him because magic from ChristmasTown rubbed off on him? His making 85 etch-a-sketches in one day could just be him being good at making them from lots of practice, but it might also be evidence of magic rubbing off on him.
** Did Miles Finch beat up Buddy when the latter mistook him for an elf because he's just a {{Jerkass}}, or was it because he'd been discriminated against before for his short height? He was a {{Hypocrite}} (writing a story about a farm despite calling farm stories unoriginal) but that doesn't exclude the possibility of discrimination being the reason he got angry at Buddy.
** Is Buddy a {{Manchild}} simply because he acts like an elf, and elves act more like kids from a human perspective? Or is it because the elves treat him like a kid due to 30 being the equivalent of 15 in elf years? Or, on a darker note, is he brain-damaged from [[SweetTooth eating mostly sugar]] and only sleeping forty minutes per night? On the flip side, is his diet of mostly sugar and lack of sleep actually not so bad for him because magic from ChristmasTown rubbed off on him? His making 85 etch-a-sketches in one day could just be him being good at making them from lots of practice, but it might also be evidence of magic rubbing off on him.
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* "Film/BackToTheFuture1": Did Lorraine sense the [[ParentalIncest underlying reality]] when she kissed Marty at the dance? Or did Marty's horrified, shocked reaction remind her of kissing her brother?
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* "{{Film/BackToTheFuture|1}}": "Film/BackToTheFuture1": Did Lorraine sense the [[ParentalIncest underlying reality reality]] when she kissed Marty at the dance? Or did Marty's horrified, shocked reaction remind her of kissing her brother?
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* In ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', the director is angry at Larry for making a mess of the museum, but he never asks HOW it happened. Some people on the Website/IMDb take this as evidence that he knew about the exhibits coming to life, though the third film would reveal that he was oblivious to this prior to that film.
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* In ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', the director is angry at Larry for making a mess of the museum, but he never asks HOW it happened. Some people on the Website/IMDb take this as evidence that he knew about the exhibits coming to life, though the third film would later reveal that he was oblivious to this prior to the events of that film.
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** Dave Jennings: CoolTeacher and a liberating figure much needed in a stuffy environment, or a bad, toxic influence without boundaries? Maybe it's a combo of the two with a deconstruction.
** Given the constant, nightmarish and unchecked havoc routinely caused by Delta House, the villain status of Dean Wormer can come off as questionable, at least until he goes out of his way to make sure the Deltas are drafted after they have already been expelled. On the other hand, there is the point of view that an authority figure who tries to enforce the rules should abide by them, be above reproach and shouldn't abuse his power in the first place, no matter the cause. It should be noted that more than one source states Wormer was modeled after UsefulNotes/RichardNixon.
*** Wormer's draft-office notification adds another layer of contention. When the movie was made and released, the audience immediately connected the draft with UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, thus making it a UriahGambit. During the time the movie is actually set, though, Vietnam had not yet become a hot, deadly theatre for draftees. Still a, dare we say it, Nixonian move, though.
** Dave Jennings: CoolTeacher and a liberating figure much needed in a stuffy environment, or a bad, toxic influence without boundaries? Maybe it's a combo of the two with a deconstruction.
** Given the constant, nightmarish and unchecked havoc routinely caused by Delta House, the villain status of Dean Wormer can come off as questionable, at least until he goes out of his way to make sure the Deltas are drafted after they have already been expelled. On the other hand, there is the point of view that an authority figure who tries to enforce the rules should abide by them, be above reproach and shouldn't abuse his power in the first place, no matter the cause. It should be noted that more than one source states Wormer was modeled after UsefulNotes/RichardNixon.
*** Wormer's draft-office notification adds another layer of contention. When the movie was made and released, the audience immediately connected the draft with UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, thus making it a UriahGambit. During the time the movie is actually set, though, Vietnam had not yet become a hot, deadly theatre for draftees. Still a, dare we say it, Nixonian move, though.
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* In ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', the director is angry at Larry for making a mess of the museum, but he never asks HOW it happened. Some people on the Website/IMDb take this as evidence that he knew about the exhibits coming to life.life, though the third film would reveal that he was oblivious to this prior to that film.
* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'':
** It's not hard to argue that the entire sequence leading up to Schneider's death was a shared dream created by Freddy, possibly with some sleep-walking involved to get the participants to the gym showers at the end. The entire sequence does play out like a sexual fantasy between two closeted gay men: the younger goes to a gay bar, where his coach is waiting to "punish" him for underaged drinking. This interpretation changes Schneider from a predator to a gay man who sometimes fantasizes about younger men. It also makes his death far more horrifying, as you realize that he likely believed he was being punished for his sexual desires.
** Is Jessie gay? Or is he someone with deep rooted psycho-sexual issues as a result of his tumultuous relationship with his father? His running away from making out with Lisa could alternately be interpreted as him being afraid of intimacy due to associating sex with violence.
* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'':
** It's not hard to argue that the entire sequence leading up to Schneider's death was a shared dream created by Freddy, possibly with some sleep-walking involved to get the participants to the gym showers at the end. The entire sequence does play out like a sexual fantasy between two closeted gay men: the younger goes to a gay bar, where his coach is waiting to "punish" him for underaged drinking. This interpretation changes Schneider from a predator to a gay man who sometimes fantasizes about younger men. It also makes his death far more horrifying, as you realize that he likely believed he was being punished for his sexual desires.
** Is Jessie gay? Or is he someone with deep rooted psycho-sexual issues as a result of his tumultuous relationship with his father? His running away from making out with Lisa could alternately be interpreted as him being afraid of intimacy due to associating sex with violence.
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* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland'': Why did Oscar not tell his friends that asking for help was illegal in Grouchland, despite the fact that he ought to know they'd attempt to do so unless warned, since they were searching for someone? Was he just being a {{Jerkass}}? Or was the law made after he'd last been to Grouchland, so he didn't know of the law?
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* ''Film/AChristmasStory''. Was the mall Santa too harsh and rough on Ralphie and the other kids, or was he just an overworked mall employee who was just wanting the mall to close so he could end his shift?
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* ''Film/AChristmasStory''. Was the mall Santa too harsh and rough on Ralphie and the other kids, or was he just an overworked mall employee who was just wanting the mall to close so he could end his shift?shift? Or perhaps he was too harsh and rough ''because'' he was overworked.
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* ''Film/MorningGlory'': Does Jerry hire the inexperienced Becky due to thinking that she has the right perspective to drag ''Daybreak'' BackFromTheBrink, or is he just looking for a convenient scapegoat for the show's seemingly inevitable cancellation?
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* ''Film/MaryPoppins'':
** Mary herself:
*** Is she truly supernatural, or is she getting herself and her charges drunk or high on the "cough medicine", which is actually laced with opium and/or actual rum?
*** Is she actually a NiceGirl, or is she a narcissist due to being dismissive of those who don't compliment her?
*** When she tricked Mr. Banks into taking his kids to the bank, did she do so [[BatmanGambit knowing]] that the bankers would try to take Michael's money, he'd refuse, the citizens would see this and cause a run, Mr. Banks would be fired, and he'd learn the value of family? Or did she just want him to take them on an excursion and thought the bank would be the easiest place to convince him to take them? If the former, teaching the kids about feeding the birds was probably part of this plan, but if the latter, it was probably a lesson on empathy.
** Is Bert just a normal guy who's the only adult character who knows magic exists, or is he actually supernatural in himself? Or, if one takes the "Mary is actually just drunk or high" interpretation, is he just crazy? For that matter, is he homeless, or does he live somewhere but is just poor and often conveniently around?
** When Mrs. Banks turns her "Votes for Women" sash into a tail for her kite, is she giving up on the suffragette movement to spend more time with her family (which was suggested by Richard Sherman in the DVD commentary), or conversely, was she doing this as ''part'' of the movement, putting the sash in the sky so everyone could see it, while at the same time bonding with her family?
** Mary herself:
*** Is she truly supernatural, or is she getting herself and her charges drunk or high on the "cough medicine", which is actually laced with opium and/or actual rum?
*** Is she actually a NiceGirl, or is she a narcissist due to being dismissive of those who don't compliment her?
*** When she tricked Mr. Banks into taking his kids to the bank, did she do so [[BatmanGambit knowing]] that the bankers would try to take Michael's money, he'd refuse, the citizens would see this and cause a run, Mr. Banks would be fired, and he'd learn the value of family? Or did she just want him to take them on an excursion and thought the bank would be the easiest place to convince him to take them? If the former, teaching the kids about feeding the birds was probably part of this plan, but if the latter, it was probably a lesson on empathy.
** Is Bert just a normal guy who's the only adult character who knows magic exists, or is he actually supernatural in himself? Or, if one takes the "Mary is actually just drunk or high" interpretation, is he just crazy? For that matter, is he homeless, or does he live somewhere but is just poor and often conveniently around?
** When Mrs. Banks turns her "Votes for Women" sash into a tail for her kite, is she giving up on the suffragette movement to spend more time with her family (which was suggested by Richard Sherman in the DVD commentary), or conversely, was she doing this as ''part'' of the movement, putting the sash in the sky so everyone could see it, while at the same time bonding with her family?
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* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'': [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18881_5-reasons-greatest-movie-villain-ever-good-witch.html This]] ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' article deconstructs the entire movie and makes you wonder whether or not ''Glinda'' is in fact the real villain here. The idea is that she's subtly manipulating Dorothy to serve as an assassin, setting her on a path that she knows will directly lead to her killing off all of the Witches who oppose Glinda, as well as end up making the Wizard decide to leave Oz forever. In the end, who is left and ready to assume control as the all-high overlord of Oz? ''Glinda!''
** In hindsight fans of the movie have been wondering whether the Wicked Witch really is as bad as she seems. A child came out of nowhere and murdered her sister, so don't you think she'd be upset? The combined with the above interpretation [[UnreliableNarrator makes the movie quite interesting.]]
** In hindsight fans of the movie have been wondering whether the Wicked Witch really is as bad as she seems. A child came out of nowhere and murdered her sister, so don't you think she'd be upset? The combined with the above interpretation [[UnreliableNarrator makes the movie quite interesting.]]
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** Glinda:
*** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18881_5-reasons-greatest-movie-villain-ever-good-witch.html This]] ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' article deconstructs the entire movie and makes you wonder whether or not ''Glinda'' is in fact the real villain here. The idea is that she's subtly manipulating Dorothy to serve as an assassin, setting her on a path that she knows will directly lead to her killing off all of the Witches who oppose Glinda, as well as end up making the Wizard decide to leave Oz forever. In the end, who is left and ready to assume control as the all-high overlord of Oz?''Glinda!''
''Glinda!'' She could also still be a conniver, but ultimately mean well?
*** Why didn't she tell Dorothy about the shoes being able to take her home? Was it to ensure she didn't try to run away again once she returned to Kansas, because she didn't want Dorothy to come home before the Wicked Witch died lest she try to steal the shoes, because the shoes didn't work that way (whether because they needed the wearer to want to go home, they needed [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve belief]] to work, or because they just didn't work right away with new wearers), or was it AllJustADream and thus moot because dreams don't always make sense?
** In hindsight fans of the movie have been wondering whether the Wicked Witch really is as bad as she seems. A child came out of nowhere and murdered her sister, so don't you think she'd be upset? The combined with the above interpretation [[UnreliableNarrator makes the movie quite interesting.]]]] Some fans have also pointed out that she seemed more concerned about the shoes than about her sister being dead, so she may have been technically right in wanting a possession that was rightfully hers, but still bad news in terms of personality.
** Glinda:
*** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18881_5-reasons-greatest-movie-villain-ever-good-witch.html This]] ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' article deconstructs the entire movie and makes you wonder whether or not ''Glinda'' is in fact the real villain here. The idea is that she's subtly manipulating Dorothy to serve as an assassin, setting her on a path that she knows will directly lead to her killing off all of the Witches who oppose Glinda, as well as end up making the Wizard decide to leave Oz forever. In the end, who is left and ready to assume control as the all-high overlord of Oz?
*** Why didn't she tell Dorothy about the shoes being able to take her home? Was it to ensure she didn't try to run away again once she returned to Kansas, because she didn't want Dorothy to come home before the Wicked Witch died lest she try to steal the shoes, because the shoes didn't work that way (whether because they needed the wearer to want to go home, they needed [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve belief]] to work, or because they just didn't work right away with new wearers), or was it AllJustADream and thus moot because dreams don't always make sense?
** In hindsight fans of the movie have been wondering whether the Wicked Witch really is as bad as she seems. A child came out of nowhere and murdered her sister, so don't you think she'd be upset? The combined with the above interpretation [[UnreliableNarrator makes the movie quite interesting.
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** Was it all in Dorothy's head or did the characters all just suspiciously look like family members of hers?hers? If it is real, does their similarity mean that Oz is an alternate dimension?
** Dorothy's line "I think I'll miss you most of all" was an OrphanedReference to an old script in which Dorothy and Hunk were a couple. Since this is not true in the final draft, why will she miss the Scarecrow most of all? Does she still have a crush on him or Hunk but now it's unrequited? Or was it because they spent more time together due to her meeting him first? It could also be because he was the one who planned to storm the castle and later used the FallingChandelierOfDoom on the {{Mooks}}.
** Is Professor Marvel actually a ConMan, or was most of what he did just a show that was meant for entertainment, and him lying to Dorothy so she would go home was just a one-off?
** Does the Wizard actually want the Wicked Witch's broomstick, or was he trying to set an ImpossibleTask so he wouldn't have to answer the requests of Dorothy and the others?
** Was the doorkeeper actually the Wizard in disguise (explaining how the Wizard knew who everyone was), or did the doorkeeper just tell the Wizard who everyone was?
** Most of the Wicked Witch's attacks are toward the Scarecrow? Is it because (being made of straw and because the Tin Man is armed and made of metal, while the lion has sharp teeth) he's the easiest target, because he's Dorothy's first and therefore best friend, or because he's the mouthiest towards her?
** Dorothy's line "I think I'll miss you most of all" was an OrphanedReference to an old script in which Dorothy and Hunk were a couple. Since this is not true in the final draft, why will she miss the Scarecrow most of all? Does she still have a crush on him or Hunk but now it's unrequited? Or was it because they spent more time together due to her meeting him first? It could also be because he was the one who planned to storm the castle and later used the FallingChandelierOfDoom on the {{Mooks}}.
** Is Professor Marvel actually a ConMan, or was most of what he did just a show that was meant for entertainment, and him lying to Dorothy so she would go home was just a one-off?
** Does the Wizard actually want the Wicked Witch's broomstick, or was he trying to set an ImpossibleTask so he wouldn't have to answer the requests of Dorothy and the others?
** Was the doorkeeper actually the Wizard in disguise (explaining how the Wizard knew who everyone was), or did the doorkeeper just tell the Wizard who everyone was?
** Most of the Wicked Witch's attacks are toward the Scarecrow? Is it because (being made of straw and because the Tin Man is armed and made of metal, while the lion has sharp teeth) he's the easiest target, because he's Dorothy's first and therefore best friend, or because he's the mouthiest towards her?
