# "The Wizard of Oz" is really a satire...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-of-oz-is-really-a-satire/163397>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 22, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-of-oz-is-really-a-satire/163397 "2003-03-22T17:38:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-of-oz-is-really-a-satire/163397/21 "2003-03-24T05:07:51Z")

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> even bringing Barbra Streisand into the hoax (the two principle actors in “Capricorn One” were married to her, albeit at different times).

And I think I speak for many who wouldn’t have minded seeing her as Mrs. O.J. Simpson.

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-of-oz-is-really-a-satire/163397/22 "2003-03-25T00:56:27Z")

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e. howard hunt…that’s right! (eduardo to his mexican friends)

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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-of-oz-is-really-a-satire/163397/23 "2003-03-25T07:18:08Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Tapioca Dextrin \*  
> \*\*Are you claiming that Ms. Streisand went to Mars? :eek: \*\*

Heck, no! We don’t let crazy women on Mars!  
(and we all know that the Wizard of Oz is based on a copy of Moulin Rouge that fell through a time portal.)

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-of-oz-is-really-a-satire/163397/24 "2003-03-25T11:17:24Z")

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Interesting. But I don’t think I can believe you since obviously your name is meant to lull my senses, make me ignore all fallacies and errors and simply assume that you have all the right things nestled safely within a cohesive arguement. So consider yourself warned. There’s a seaker born every minute.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-of-oz-is-really-a-satire/163397/25 "2003-03-26T00:22:54Z")

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Also significant is the lack of blue moss in the Oz books, even when the giant hole through the Earth is mentioned.

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