Though other writers, including lyricist E. The original, in the collections of the National Museum of American History and dated May 4, 1938, consists of about 100 pages. On a recent afternoon in my study, I pored over a photocopy of a touchstone memento from the film-a typewritten studio script. Thanks to MGM’s 1939 film, Dorothy’s adventure in Oz has become a foundation myth of American culture. Years, too, before I would come up with the idea for a novel, Wicked, which inspired the Broadway musical. It would be years before I saw the Technicolor land of Oz bloom outside Dorothy’s black-and-white farmhouse, as we didn’t have a color TV. The annual television broadcast of The Wizard of Oz was a national ritual when we baby boomers were kids. In our pajamas, we huddled together under a blanket.
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