Lifetime developing Wizard of Oz themed Red Brick Road
Posted: 10/14/13 at 8:01am
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 11:06am
Me too! Ever since the first time I saw the movie. Too bad it's Lifetime that is exploring this story.
Posted: 10/14/13 at 11:28am
"In the original series of Oz books written by L. Frank Baum the red brick road goes to the Quadling Country in Oz. Red is the Quadlings' state color."
Posted: 10/14/13 at 11:40am
The Red Brick Road is from the MGM movie, only.
This project is being co-developed by a branch of Warner Bros., so they have the rights to use MGM-protected Oz stuff.
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 11:43am
I guess the internet really does lie to you.
Posted: 10/14/13 at 11:43am
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 11:50am
The Quadling's dominant color is red, just as the Munchkin Country is blue, the Winkies yellow, and the Gillikans are purple.
No network of colored brick roads in Oz, though. Not in anything L. Frank Baum wrote, and that includes his 13 sequels to the Wizard of Oz. (Total of 14 Oz books by Baum.)
If other authors have added them into their stories, fine. But that doesn't make them part of Baum's Oz world.
It ain't there, I tell ya.
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 11:52am
Or the MGM commissary.
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 12:02pm
So there you have it!
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 12:05pm
... because it looks pretty in Technicolor.
EDIT: And by the way, if you want to get really confusing ... in Baum's later Oz books there were different yellow brick roads, in addition to the one Dorothy followed in the Munchkin Country.
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 12:34pm
Later on in the series, Baum writes about a second road of yellow bricks in the Munchkin Country. The Shaggy Man tells Dorothy she took the "harder one" of the two.
They actually allude to that in the movie by having the Scarecrow on his pole at a fork int he road, suggesting more than one yellow path is available. As far as I can recall, they don't ever intersect in the books, but still it does show there's more than one.
Incidentally, it's not referred to as the "Yellow Brick Road" in the novel. It's the "road of yellow bricks." It got its more famous name in 1939 for the MGM movie.
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 1:16pm

So, it doesn't go to Wonka's Factory????
Posted: 10/14/13 at 1:46pm
And Wonka's boat takes everybody to Living Island where they meet H.R. Pufnstuf.
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 2:49pm
If MGM did create the original red brick road, then they own the rights. This would imply that other trademarks are being used too. I guess some lawyer/producer could say, "You have the rights to the red brick road but nothing else" but seems kind of silly.
Posted: 10/14/13 at 3:20pm
Warner Horizon is a television subsidiary of Warner Bros., who own the rights to the MGM Oz film. We can assume it's all approved for use.
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 3:28pm
I love you. :) As someone who has read all of the Baum Oz cannon, I offer confirming that besty is correct on all counts.
The new Wizard of Oz DVD release contains a map of the Land of Oz.. It is, however, offensively inaccurate, even considering adapting the map to allow for MGM's plot points.
Posted: 10/14/13 at 5:18pm
Part of the problem is that there are inconsistencies in the Baum books. Information on locations, characters, and backstories shifts a bit. Maps were drawn even back in Baum's day with inconsistencies, so in many instances, the answer to some of these questions can be "yes AND no."
Tricky stuff.
I am by no means the Ozziest "expert" you'll find around (perhaps even here on BWW), but in addition to reading all Baum books as a kid, I did a lot of research and re-reading when I wrote my two modern, Oz-themed, action-adventure novels. I didn't want to change or invalidate any information from the original books. It was my goal to stay true to them. In the case of inconsistencies, I actually used them in my book as a "cover" for something greater in the plot.
But those maps drove me bonkers whenever I looked at them.
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 7:01pm

So, Besty, these maps are completely inaccurate? I can guess what the answer would be but thought I'd double check.
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Posted: 10/14/13 at 7:09pm
Granted, he was usually consistent. I don't mean to suggest that he was generally sloppy ... but he did make mistakes within his own imagined realm.
And for me, that map is completely wrong. Oz Club or not.
Start with the basics ...
The Munchkin Country is shown on the left (aka the West), and the Winkie Country is shown on the right (aka the East).
That goes against everything in Baum's first book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
The Wicked Witch of the East rules over the Munchkins, and the Wicked Witch of the West rules over the Winkies.
That means this map is reversed.
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