I'm off to see the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

On one level, Dorothy's story is about a child who runs away when things get tough. When she learns to stand up for herself after experiencing life along the yellow brick road, she becomes capable of choosing to rejoin her family. On another level, the Wizard of Oz is a cautionary tale about choices that pubescent girls make. "Girls, your wild fantasies about males - tin, lion, straw, or wizard - will lead you astray. Resist. Satisfaction lies in staying at home and adhering to society's mores." Consider that the Wizard of Oz is a turn of the 19th century work written during a time of social upheaval when new religious and philosophical views were challenging Americans even while they were transitioning from an agricultural to an industrial way of life. Certainly, the story failed as a bulwark against the new; however, it remains wildly popular because we like to believe in the simple goodness of a bygone era. Finally, imagine the Dorothy story as a computer game. The game's object is to kill a witch and capture her broom. Accompanied by a group of fun loving guys, the heroine must use her wiles to enlist their assistance in overcoming fantastic obstacles before a final encounter with her arch nemesis - the WWE. The Wicked Witch of the East is so powerful that she can stick a broom between her legs and ride above the Emerald city - skywriting "Surrender Dorothy." Should Dorothy decide to follow this advice, the GWN (Good Witch of the North) could mention something about practicing safe sex.