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Baum’s Aunt Em is a minor character, described as thin, gaunt and unsmiling, almost destroyed by the harsh reality of farming ...

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In short, people are finding Oz everywhere but in the original books by L. Frank Baum — who invented the place in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900) and its 13 sequels (after his death in 1919 ...

Even after his death, plenty of other books, though not considered canonical, were published in relation to or taking inspiration from the original work, including Gregory Maguire's "Wicked." And, ...

The 1939 The Wizard of Oz movie keeps her character very much the same, though interestingly, the Wicked Witch's iconic green skin was a creation of the film's, not from the original source material.

Michelle Yeoh has a great line reading in Wicked, when she finally declares the name every viewer has known since they first watched The Wizard of Oz or read L. Frank Baum ’s original book.

Loosely based on the original 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" written by L. Frank Baum, "Wicked" tells the background story of the witches we meet in Oz during Dorothy's famous visit.