Timeline for Why does the Wizard stall after Dorothy gives her the Witch's broom?
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| Oct 29, 2020 at 18:10 | comment | added | Tetsujin | It does follow the well-worn theme which could be termed "magnanimous in defeat" ie if not found out, cruel & heartless; once discovered, almost obsequious. The 'discovery' being the turning point. It's not a rare plot device, though this may be the epitome of it. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 18:08 | comment | added | Psychonaut | @CGCampbell: You must be unaware of the sheer volume of literature and other media (books, magazine and scholarly articles, audio commentaries, documentaries, interviews with and memoirs of the cast and crew, etc.) dedicated to this film. There is very certainly scope for an authoritative answer to exist outside of the immediate source material. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 17:02 | comment | added | Napoleon Wilson | @CGCampbell I'm not quite following what the age of the work actually has to do with it, though. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 15:36 | comment | added | Tetsujin | You'd probably have to take that up with the original book author, though he unfortunately died in 1919, long before the movie was made… That scene is in essence the same in both. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 14:58 | history | edited | BCdotWEB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 29, 2020 at 14:48 | comment | added | Psychonaut | The fact that the first three gifts are merely symbolic wouldn't preclude them from being awarded by the Wizard in his giant-head persona. Ditto for the balloon, which he was planning on using himself anyway—he could have introduced Dorothy to his human persona without having to break character. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 14:44 | history | answered | BCdotWEB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |