Wizard of Oz

I was watching the Wizard of Oz today and got a glimpse into what men are really like. Ok, I don't want to seem like I'm analyzing the movie to death, but....

The scarecrow
The scarecrow has no brain, yet almost immediately, he's telling Dorothy what to do and how to act. It's funny how the moment after the wizard gave him the diploma, the first thing out of his mouth was wrong... "the square root of the sum of any two sides of an isosoles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side"...that's actually not true...it is true with an equilateral triangle. I have read that the writers did that on purpose, sort of an inside intellectual joke.

The tin man
The tin man has no heart although he has to be one of the most weepy man you'll ever meet. Then it becomes painfully obvious that he may not have a heart or at least no sense of other people's feelings. When Dorothy and Scarecrow ask if there are animals in the forest, the Tin Man, in a "pass-the-salt", monotone voice, says, that there are mostly lions and tigers and bears. His tone is so like, "yeah, they might eat you...deal with it!" Later in the movie, he just randomly starts crying because Dorothy went to sleep... Good Grief!!! It almost makes you hate men who cry.

The Lion
Oh my goodness... ok, where to do I start? He starts off shooting his mouth off and ends up going for the only creature who has the courage to stand up to him...Toto. Ok so as soon as Dorothy clocks the lion, which if you look at the scene carefully enough, you'll see Judy Garland trying not to laugh, the real lion's personality comes out. He's not so much a coward as he is a scaredy-cat. He has gotten accustomed to displaying false bravery, as have all men. But when faced with a real challenge, what does he do? He passes out. Eventually he steps up to the plate.

There is so much more, but you have to keep in mind that this movie was released 67 years ago in 1939. I still love the movie.