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Sue · 01-21-2007, 06:18 PM

What if Dorothy had followed the red brick road instead?

(my opinion is I have absolutely NO clue, but let's hear your ideas!)

Lady Sage · 01-21-2007, 06:19 PM

It would have led her to the Wicked Witch.

JumpinJesus · 01-21-2007, 06:44 PM

I think that if she had followed the red brick road she would have ended up running into a Lewis Carroll story about a girl named Alice.

shesus · 01-21-2007, 07:24 PM

What...not an option!
They would have made up a new song and everything. That would have ruined the whole movie.

Of course, the red brick road would have led her home I think. OR....I think she would have had better luck on the red brick road because it matched the shoes. I bet she would've gotten to the Wizard quicker with the red road. I think that the munchkins and the 'Good' witch were just getting their kicks sending her on the yellow brick road because they were bored.

Gilda · 01-21-2007, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shesus

What...not an option!
They would have made up a new song and everything. That would have ruined the whole movie.

Of course, the red brick road would have led her home I think. OR....I think she would have had better luck on the red brick road because it matched the shoes. I bet she would've gotten to the Wizard quicker with the red road. I think that the munchkins and the 'Good' witch were just getting their kicks sending her on the yellow brick road because they were bored.

You might enjoy Wicked by Gregory Maguire. It's a slightly off center retelling of the events of The Wizard of Oz, centering on the Wicked Witch of the West, who really a misunderstood, but good-hearted person.

Maguire has written several retellings of fairy tales, having since done Cinderella from the POV of one of the stepsisters, and Snow White moved to the Borgias' Italy. There's a sequel to Wicked, Son of a Witch which isn't quite as good, but still worth the read.

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I'm not on no yellow brick road
Got a mind and a heart and guts of my own
I'm not looking for one to set me free
I'm not on no yellow brick road
I'll find my own way home
I'm just looking for someone
To walk with me

Kris Delmhorst, "Yellow Brick Road"

Ourcrazymodern? · 02-06-2007, 03:32 PM

The red brick road led straight to the good witch of the North, after starting off curlicue. How good can they be when they misdirect innocent little girls?

uncle phil · 02-06-2007, 04:46 PM

they're all looking for elton john...

Ourcrazymodern? · 02-06-2007, 05:08 PM

elton john...

TexanAvenger · 02-07-2007, 06:15 PM

San Antonio has a great red brick road...

Is that a coincidence?

Ourcrazymodern? · 02-11-2007, 03:00 PM

Does it go North?

uncle phil · 02-11-2007, 04:02 PM

/me really wants to say goodbye...

Ourcrazymodern? · 02-11-2007, 04:39 PM

Hello, hello, hello?

Eowyn_Vala · 02-12-2007, 12:42 PM

I think it would have lead her to Oz still, but her experiences would have been different. Maybe she would have realized sooner that to get home she just had to wish for it, but maybe not. She probably would have met different characters and possibly even the wicked witch along the way. Maybe that was the road they sent the people they didn't like down. Ya know since Dorothy saved them from the Wicked Witch of the East, so they sent her down the yellow brick road.

Sticky · 02-16-2007, 10:23 AM

Thank god she took the yellow brick road otherwise she would have ruined the whole movie.

Ourcrazymodern? · 02-19-2007, 10:23 AM

...they changed the story to make the movie, but it became a damn fine movie, didn't it? (tongue-in-cheek): Good witches aren't necessarily better than bad witches, are they?

01-21-2007, 06:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sue Teufel Hunden's Freundin Location: Westminster, CO	Follow the Yellow Brick Road? What if Dorothy had followed the red brick road instead? (my opinion is I have absolutely NO clue, but let's hear your ideas!) __________________ Teg yw edrych tuag adref.

01-21-2007, 06:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lady Sage Mistress of Mayhem Location: Canton, Ohio	It would have led her to the Wicked Witch. __________________ If only closed minds came with closed mouths. Minds are like parachutes, they function best when open. It`s Easier to Change a Condom Than a Diaper Yes, the rumors are true... I actually AM a Witch.

01-21-2007, 06:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	I think that if she had followed the red brick road she would have ended up running into a Lewis Carroll story about a girl named Alice. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

01-21-2007, 07:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
shesus Fancy Location: Chicago	What...not an option! They would have made up a new song and everything. That would have ruined the whole movie. Of course, the red brick road would have led her home I think. OR....I think she would have had better luck on the red brick road because it matched the shoes. I bet she would've gotten to the Wizard quicker with the red road. I think that the munchkins and the 'Good' witch were just getting their kicks sending her on the yellow brick road because they were bored. __________________ Whatever did happen to your soul? I heard you sold it Choose Heaven for the weather and Hell for the company

02-06-2007, 03:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ourcrazymodern? still, wondering. Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge	The red brick road led straight to the good witch of the North, after starting off curlicue. How good can they be when they misdirect innocent little girls? __________________ BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

02-06-2007, 04:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	they're all looking for elton john... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

02-06-2007, 05:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ourcrazymodern? still, wondering. Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge	elton john... __________________ BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

02-07-2007, 06:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
TexanAvenger Born-Again New Guy Location: Unfound.	San Antonio has a great red brick road... Is that a coincidence?

02-11-2007, 03:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ourcrazymodern? still, wondering. Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge	Does it go North? __________________ BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

02-11-2007, 04:02 PM	#11 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	/me really wants to say goodbye... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

02-11-2007, 04:39 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ourcrazymodern? still, wondering. Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge	Hello, hello, hello? __________________ BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

02-12-2007, 12:42 PM	#13 (permalink)
Eowyn_Vala Insane Location: There's no place like home..	I think it would have lead her to Oz still, but her experiences would have been different. Maybe she would have realized sooner that to get home she just had to wish for it, but maybe not. She probably would have met different characters and possibly even the wicked witch along the way. Maybe that was the road they sent the people they didn't like down. Ya know since Dorothy saved them from the Wicked Witch of the East, so they sent her down the yellow brick road. __________________ Cain: I know what you're doing. I've lead troops into battle before. DG: And, how am I doing? Cain: Well, there's less hugging when I do it

02-16-2007, 10:23 AM	#14 (permalink)
Sticky	Thank god she took the yellow brick road otherwise she would have ruined the whole movie. __________________ Sticky The Stickman

02-19-2007, 10:23 AM	#15 (permalink)
Ourcrazymodern? still, wondering. Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge	...they changed the story to make the movie, but it became a damn fine movie, didn't it? (tongue-in-cheek): Good witches aren't necessarily better than bad witches, are they? __________________ BE JUST AND FEAR NOT