the scarecrow was the wizard of oz character who didn't have a heart.
the scarecrow was the wizard of oz character who didn't have a heart.
which wizard of oz character didn't have a heart?
the scarecrow
margaret atwood describes the novel's "underlying sketch" as being from "the wonderful wizard of oz", as detailed in her 2006 essay "in the heart of the heartland." the land of oz, according to atwood, is .."like the "country of surprise" in dr. weber's book, a land of brain episodes". or as powers says, "lift the rug and glimpse the amorphous, improvised, messy, crack-strewn, gaping thing underneath". each of the characters, according to atwood, corresponds to a character from "the wizard of oz". karin is dorothy trying to find her way home. mark is the brain deficient scarecrow. daniel is the lion who lacks courage. robert karsh is the flashy tin man who lacks a heart. the winged monkeys—destructive or helpful, depending on the situation—may possibly be represented by mark's two primitive-minded video-gaming pals. dr. weber is the wizard who appears to know all but is exposed in the end. barbara is a combination of glinda the good and the wicked witch of the west. powers is known for structuring novels around other works of art, and clues to the oz connection are scattered throughout the novel: at one point, weber's wife sylvie says, "yo, man—i'm home!... no place like it!", and five pages later, weber reflects: "the utter estrangement of it: i've a feeling we're not in new york anymore." robert karsh even "..hummed a high- pitched rendition of the tornado music from "the wizard of oz"," (p. 295).
the echo maker
when "wicked" came out screenwriter mitchell kapner felt he had missed his opportunity to explore the origins of the wizard of oz character. in 2009 he met with producer joe roth who turned down his current pitches and asked if he had any other ideas. kapner, who had been reading the "oz" series to his children, outlined the plots of the books. roth stopped him on the sixth book, "the emerald city of oz", which had some of the wizard's backstory. roth said: kapner and co-writer palak patel were turned down by sony pictures before the project was set up in 2009 at walt disney pictures. president of production sean bailey commissioned "oz the great and powerful" (under the working title "brick") during the tenure of chairman dick cook, who was succeeded by rich ross, and later alan horn, a succession in management rarely survived by a major studio release. david lindsay-abaire was later hired to do a re-write.
oz the great and powerful