[UA] Parables, Archetypes and the yellow brick road

[Chad Underkoffler]

> From: Liam Astley esp.horsepie at btinternet.com
> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:42:41 -0000 
> 
> From: Todd Erickson <vtaltos77 at yahoo.com>
> > Actually, no.  The original book, silver (ruby
> > slippers were because they had technicolor) was about
> > the silver standard, and the switchover to the gold
> > standard, etc.  The whole thing's full of allegory.
> > Neat fantasy series though.

No, no, no, no.

http://www.eskimo.com/~tiktok/faq02.html#q2.15
http://www.halcyon.com/piglet/Populism.htm

And the article that started it all:

http://www.amphigory.com/oz.htm

> ewww. i feel all dirty and used. reminds me of when, as a 
> kid, i started getting suspicious of the narnia books.
>
> ASLAN: I am a lion here, but in your world i am a lamb.
> ME: Hey, wait a minute...

But *that's* the *point*!

Sheesh, it's like getting suspicious that DRACULA might be about
vampires.



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Chad Underkoffler [chadu at yahoo.com]
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"Hold your breath. Make a wish. Count to three."
  -- Willy Wonka

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