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Title: The Silver Shoes, lost amongst the desert
Review: I believe one of the reviews earlier said it best when its writer explained the true context of the entire novel. The novel was not really meant to be a fairy tale for young children, instead it was a Populist book on the issue of bimetalism and argrarian discontent with Industrial Tycoons and Robber Barons. The movie really did a horrible job with this book, changing the "silver slippers" into ruby slippers to show off the impressive Technicolor. The book however is a classic, for its subtle references to politcal issues and the immagination of the mind. The oddity of the book; however, lies in the fact that Baum portrays the Farmer (the scarecrow), the eastern laborers (the tin man) and Bryan (the Lion) as characters who really had what they needed all along, slashing the idea that agrarians really had something to complain about.
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