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Pay Attention to the Man behind the Curtain 0

David R Clawson, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, argues that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz can be seen as an allegory for the time in which it was written, that is, the heart of the Gilded Age, and also as an allegory for this, the New Gilded Age. Methinks he makes a good point, as witness this excerpt (only substitute the phrase, “successful businessman” for “wizard”):

Within the Emerald City an amplified and blustering savior lives within a palatial fortress guarded by an army of soldiers who loyally protect him and his deceptions. This savior, the Wizard, is believed to possess the ultimate knowledge and the power to fix all things. Once his curtain is pulled back, he is found out to be only a trickster and a fraud. Behind the veil lies just a selfish, insecure, bumbling, incompetent who readily admits, “I am not a very good Wizard.””

I commend his piece to your attention.

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