I loved seeing this new and intriguing twist on what was such a docile and somewhat sugar-coated version of evil in a faraway land, seeing what happens when power goes to your head and no one can stop you. We’re off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz….Is he, though? Is he really wonderful? And what about the rest of our beloved WOZ cast? Who’s good, who’s evil….and how do you interpret that little gray area in between? I loved this story and all the mayhem it represented. I wanted to leave everything and everyone behind. I’d wanted it for as long as I’d known there was anywhere to go. I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked. My name is Amy Gumm - and I'm the other girl from Kansas. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. They say she found a way to come back to Oz. There's still a yellow brick road - but even that's crumbling. To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. But I never expected Oz to look like this. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little bluebirds. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero.īut when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado - taking you with it - you have no choice but to go along, you know?
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