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I think that the Labyrinth is a modern day version of the Wizard of Oz. (Has anyone else ever thought of this?)
Reasons:
1. Both Dorothy and Sarah are running away from their problems in the
begining.
--Sarah's problems are that:
a) the world wants her to grow up, but she doesn't want to
b) she wants to live in a fantasy world
--Dorothy is running away :
a) from that wicked witch lady who wants to kill her dog,
b) from a humdrum life - she wants to live in a fantasy
world "Somewhere over the rainbow."
2. Both the stories involve short people who help the heroine.
--The Labyrinth :
uses goblins
--The Wizard of Oz :
uses munchkins
3. Both stories are about long journeys the girls must take in order to
reach their goals.
--The Labyrinth:
well, it's a big maze
--The Wizard off Oz :
that yellow brick road is very long
4. They are both musicals
5. Each has 3 characters that accompany the heroine to the end
--The Labyrinth:
has Hoggle, Sir Didymus, and Ludo
--The Wizard of Oz :
has the Scarecrow, the Tinman, and the Lion
6. Each film has a dog in it
--The Labyrinth:
has Merlin in the beginning (who becomes Ambrosius in the
Labyrinth)
--The Wizard of Oz:
has Toto
7. Each fantasy land is built from things in the heroine's real life
--The Labyrinth :
a) Ambrosius (SirD's dog) = Merlin
b) The Labyrinth = a labyrinth marble game Sarah owns
c) The escher/Jareth scene = the escher poster Sarah
has in her room
d) The goblins = come from the book "Where the Wild
Things Are" that she owns
e) the ballroom scene = her dancing ballerina wind up
(These are just a few of the things)
--The Wizard of Oz:
the scarecrow, the tinman, the lion, the wicked witch of
the west, and the Great Oz were her uncles and close
neighbors in reality
8. Both contain a scene where the heroine is drugged into a deep sleep:
--The Labyrinth:
When Sarah eats the peach and dreams about the Ball w/
Jareth
--The Wizard of Oz:
The Wicked Witch of the West poisons the poppies
"Poppies...poppies will put them to sleep..." and Dorothy
falls into a deep sleep.
9. Both heroines must pass through castle gates in order to seek
appearances at their destinations:
--The Labyrinth:
The gates into the Goblin city
--The Wizard of Oz:
The door to the Emerald City "Well! That's a horse of a
different color! Come on in!"
10. Both heroines must defeat their nemesis at the end by standing up to
them and not cowering
--The Labyrinth:
Sarah stands up to Jareth. "You have no power over me."
and defeats him, turning him into an owl.
--The Wizard of Oz:
Dorothy confronts the "Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz."
"Why, you're nothing but a coward!"
11. Both learn something from their journeys at the end:
--The Labyrinth:
Sarah learns that even though she's growing up, she can
still hang on to parts of her childhood (among other things)
--The Wizard of Oz:
Dorothy learns that if she starts searching for things and
doesn't find it in her own backyard, well, then it was never
really lost to begin with.
Ha That amused me! I am tired and am going ot bed now!!
DANCE MAGIC DANCE!
Reasons:
1. Both Dorothy and Sarah are running away from their problems in the
begining.
--Sarah's problems are that:
a) the world wants her to grow up, but she doesn't want to
b) she wants to live in a fantasy world
--Dorothy is running away :
a) from that wicked witch lady who wants to kill her dog,
b) from a humdrum life - she wants to live in a fantasy
world "Somewhere over the rainbow."
2. Both the stories involve short people who help the heroine.
--The Labyrinth :
uses goblins
--The Wizard of Oz :
uses munchkins
3. Both stories are about long journeys the girls must take in order to
reach their goals.
--The Labyrinth:
well, it's a big maze
--The Wizard off Oz :
that yellow brick road is very long
4. They are both musicals
5. Each has 3 characters that accompany the heroine to the end
--The Labyrinth:
has Hoggle, Sir Didymus, and Ludo
--The Wizard of Oz :
has the Scarecrow, the Tinman, and the Lion
6. Each film has a dog in it
--The Labyrinth:
has Merlin in the beginning (who becomes Ambrosius in the
Labyrinth)
--The Wizard of Oz:
has Toto
7. Each fantasy land is built from things in the heroine's real life
--The Labyrinth :
a) Ambrosius (SirD's dog) = Merlin
b) The Labyrinth = a labyrinth marble game Sarah owns
c) The escher/Jareth scene = the escher poster Sarah
has in her room
d) The goblins = come from the book "Where the Wild
Things Are" that she owns
e) the ballroom scene = her dancing ballerina wind up
(These are just a few of the things)
--The Wizard of Oz:
the scarecrow, the tinman, the lion, the wicked witch of
the west, and the Great Oz were her uncles and close
neighbors in reality
8. Both contain a scene where the heroine is drugged into a deep sleep:
--The Labyrinth:
When Sarah eats the peach and dreams about the Ball w/
Jareth
--The Wizard of Oz:
The Wicked Witch of the West poisons the poppies
"Poppies...poppies will put them to sleep..." and Dorothy
falls into a deep sleep.
9. Both heroines must pass through castle gates in order to seek
appearances at their destinations:
--The Labyrinth:
The gates into the Goblin city
--The Wizard of Oz:
The door to the Emerald City "Well! That's a horse of a
different color! Come on in!"
10. Both heroines must defeat their nemesis at the end by standing up to
them and not cowering
--The Labyrinth:
Sarah stands up to Jareth. "You have no power over me."
and defeats him, turning him into an owl.
--The Wizard of Oz:
Dorothy confronts the "Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz."
"Why, you're nothing but a coward!"
11. Both learn something from their journeys at the end:
--The Labyrinth:
Sarah learns that even though she's growing up, she can
still hang on to parts of her childhood (among other things)
--The Wizard of Oz:
Dorothy learns that if she starts searching for things and
doesn't find it in her own backyard, well, then it was never
really lost to begin with.
Ha That amused me! I am tired and am going ot bed now!!
DANCE MAGIC DANCE!