When it comes to adapting the wonderful world of Oz, Hollywood is, admittedly and regrettably, in a bit of a bind. All things Yellow Brick Road and Emerald City are so tightly linked to the 1939 "The Wizard of Oz" that trying to venture back into L. Frank Baum's mythology is treading on the memories of millions of…
Like celebrity fragrances and cockroaches, there is apparently a ceaseless clamor for ever-more remakes of the Wizard of Oz. We'd no idea! And Drew Barrymore is the latest to tackle L. Frank Baum's ode to the Gold Standard.
One lawyer is urging other women to use the Wizard of Oz's Dorothy as both example and cautionary tale. "Dorothy was a true leader...She identified the tasks at hand, formulated a plan, and overcame obstacles to reach her goals." [ABAJournal]
