![]() Strain: I grew up with a set of Oz books, so I have been an Oz reader for a long time. ![]() His writing pursuits gel throughout the years, and at44, Oz cements Baum to what will become a brand that he tends to like a seed growing on the world stage. The almost two-hour film, written, directed and produced by Randall MacLowry and Tracy Heather Strain takes viewers along as Baum tries his hand at acting, marketing, newspaper publishing and sales - all in pursuit of finding himself. More than 100 years later, a new documentary, “American Oz,” explores Baum’s life and how his successes and failures served to create the iconic children’s book. Frank Baum’s book, published in 1900, doesn’t lose its cachet. ![]() No matter the iteration, one cannot help but to see that L. Where were you when “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” came into your world? In elementary school by way of the library? On television, watching the MGM film with Judy Garland? In a Broadway theatre, watching the reinterpretation “The Wiz” (or the 1978 film version starring Diana Ross and the late Lena Horne and Richard Pryor)? Or how about “Wicked,” with songs such as “Popular” and “Defying Gravity” offering a different take on the tale’s villain ? ![]()
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