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Gentlemen prefer blonde Dorothys
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bethje and I went to Clementon Park. It was fun, and they gave us free passes to come back another weekday, since their new roller coaster isn't running yet. On pretty much every ride, somebody was yelling that they wanted to get off as soon as the ride started. I don't know whether it was a running gag from a certain group of people, or just individuals thinking that was a funny thing to yell. With that in mind, it surprised me that someone honestly DID want to get off the Ferris wheel, and they let her off. I agree that Ferris wheels are pretty scary, since they stop in the air and all. The one at Clementon is much smaller than the one at Great Adventure, though, so it didn't really bother me. I do have to wonder why they now have seatbelts (and very tight ones, at that) on the carousel, but not on the Ferris wheel. I mean, yes, it's unlikely that anyone would fall out, but it seems like it would be easy for some crazy person to jump out, and wouldn't the park be held liable for that? Oh, well. I guess the safety regulations people know better than I do.
I had some weird dreams last night, including ones that took place on New Year's, the last day of school, and a day near the beginning of the school year. In the latter, I was trying to find where my German class was being held, but the sheet of paper I had listed several different classrooms. There was also a dream where I was seeing a band live (I think it was supposed to be the Talking Heads, although they were nothing like the actual Talking Heads, who aren't together anymore anyway), and they had an annoying little boy and girl doing a song-and-dance routine in between numbers.
I don't know how accurate this is, but someone on one of my Oz mailing lists linked to this page. They're apparently considering Hilary Duff for an upcoming Muppet version of The Wizard of Oz. Seriously, why is that girl famous? She can't act, and she can't sing.
One interesting line from the rumor article:
"L. Frank Baum fans that I've spoken with about this proposed casting actually seem cautiously optimistic. Why for? Because -- should Hillary Duff sign to play Dorothy in 'The Muppets' Wizard of Oz' -- this will be the first time in Hollywood history that Baum's heroine is portrayed just as L. Frank originally envisioned her ... as a blonde!"
That might actually be questionable, since Baum never identified Dorothy as a blonde in his books, and W. W. Denslow didn't draw her as one. On the other hand, John R. Neill did, and Baum frequently incorporated illustrators' visions into his views on Oz (even though I believe he said Neill's drawings were nothing like he imagined the characters), so it's quite possible he came to think of Dorothy as a blonde, even if he didn't in the first place. I believe he had blonde girls play Dorothy in his own Oz films.
bethje and I went to Clementon Park. It was fun, and they gave us free passes to come back another weekday, since their new roller coaster isn't running yet. On pretty much every ride, somebody was yelling that they wanted to get off as soon as the ride started. I don't know whether it was a running gag from a certain group of people, or just individuals thinking that was a funny thing to yell. With that in mind, it surprised me that someone honestly DID want to get off the Ferris wheel, and they let her off. I agree that Ferris wheels are pretty scary, since they stop in the air and all. The one at Clementon is much smaller than the one at Great Adventure, though, so it didn't really bother me. I do have to wonder why they now have seatbelts (and very tight ones, at that) on the carousel, but not on the Ferris wheel. I mean, yes, it's unlikely that anyone would fall out, but it seems like it would be easy for some crazy person to jump out, and wouldn't the park be held liable for that? Oh, well. I guess the safety regulations people know better than I do.I had some weird dreams last night, including ones that took place on New Year's, the last day of school, and a day near the beginning of the school year. In the latter, I was trying to find where my German class was being held, but the sheet of paper I had listed several different classrooms. There was also a dream where I was seeing a band live (I think it was supposed to be the Talking Heads, although they were nothing like the actual Talking Heads, who aren't together anymore anyway), and they had an annoying little boy and girl doing a song-and-dance routine in between numbers.
I don't know how accurate this is, but someone on one of my Oz mailing lists linked to this page. They're apparently considering Hilary Duff for an upcoming Muppet version of The Wizard of Oz. Seriously, why is that girl famous? She can't act, and she can't sing.
One interesting line from the rumor article:
"L. Frank Baum fans that I've spoken with about this proposed casting actually seem cautiously optimistic. Why for? Because -- should Hillary Duff sign to play Dorothy in 'The Muppets' Wizard of Oz' -- this will be the first time in Hollywood history that Baum's heroine is portrayed just as L. Frank originally envisioned her ... as a blonde!"
That might actually be questionable, since Baum never identified Dorothy as a blonde in his books, and W. W. Denslow didn't draw her as one. On the other hand, John R. Neill did, and Baum frequently incorporated illustrators' visions into his views on Oz (even though I believe he said Neill's drawings were nothing like he imagined the characters), so it's quite possible he came to think of Dorothy as a blonde, even if he didn't in the first place. I believe he had blonde girls play Dorothy in his own Oz films.
