I’m Melting, I’m Melting…

Nice article in the Guardian today about Frank L. Baum and his Wizard of Oz stories. It’s written by Gregory Maguire, who knows a thing or two himself about taking the traditional motifs from fairytales and writing his own idiosyncratic take on them (Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and Mirror Mirror). The excuse for the article is the fact that a brand new print of the Wizard of Oz is winging its way into British cinemas next week. And of course, the Judy Garland film remains one of the classics of cinema. Even today, it stands up well.