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Texas Talker: ‘Trump Has Gone Full Blown Wicked Witch Of The West Wing’

With hope in his heart for blue skies again after the presidential election, Duffer wonders what will happen to the folks who have ‘revealed’ themselves during the Trump years. “You know when you’re gay and you come out of the closet you can’t go back in?” asks our roving ranter. “The same with the racist closet. If Trump loses what are all you racist going to do when you can’t behave this way anymore? You can’t backpedal into a time machine (whispering: ‘I’ve got screen shots’).” Related: Texas Talker Reads Christians For Filth Over Hypocrisy Referencing the news that none of the police officers who shot Breonna Taylor have been charges with ANY crime, our Texas talker notes, “In 1955, Emmet Till’s murderers were acquitted, and in 2020 – what’s changed?” “This country is going back to a mindset older than the f*cking Wizard of Oz. The movie came out in 1939, and mentally the GOP is still there.”
Duffer also addresses Trump’s recent admission that he may not agree to a ‘peaceful transfer of power’ should he lose the election. “The ‘wicked witch of the West Wing’ is already making plans to stay in the White House even if he loses the election – since WHEN is that a thing?” “We need to drop a house on Donald Trump’s presidency,” Duffer declares in a call to action. “Don’t vote ruby red slippers. Vote Blue! Like Dorothy’s dress!” “Dorothy wanted to go home and frankly I do too, because I don’t recognize this place anymore,” says Duffer in summation. “So, grab your water buckets and click your heels three times and head on over to the polls this November. Let’s melt that wicked witch and get back home.”
(and if you read my previous post this morning, it seems I’ve got a ‘Wizard of Oz/The Wiz’ theme going today…)
#FlashbackFriday: When The Wicked Witch Of The West Visited “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood”
A bit of #FlashbackFriday as we remember when the “Wicked Witch of the West” herself, Margaret Hamilton of The Wizard of Oz fame, visited Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood back on May 14, 1975.
Beyond my fondness for the simpler times of my (and many) childhoods, I’m enchanted all over again but the pleasant, positive messages of the iconic children’s show.
Hamilton is especially thoughtful here communicating the concept of Halloween dress-up and “make believe.”
And that we don’t have to be afraid of people we don’t understand. How about that for a idea?
Take a few minutes to sit back and revel in the awesomeness that was Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.
Watch below.
When Worlds Collide – “The Oz Project”
What if “Dorothy” from THE WIZARD OF OZ and her counterpart “Dorothy” from THE WIZ went on the same journey together?
Awesome stuff from some of those Broadway folks – directed by Sean Barrett.
Who doesn’t love both? Very creative. Bravo.
Here’s the video description:
The Oz Project is a love letter to THE WIZARD OF OZ and THE WIZ created by some of their diehard fans at heart. This 10-minute music video follows the parallel journeys of the Dorothy character in each adaptation as they both get whisked away in the same tornado, land in their respective versions of Oz, and follow their own yellow brick road. Their stories are interwoven as the two classic versions are combined through their well-loved scores, and sung by some of the greatest voices on Broadway.
The cast includes: Kate Rockwell, Brynn Williams, Joshua Henry, Rob McClure, Nancy Opel, Liz Larsen, Mykal Kilgore, James T. Lane, Ryan VanDenBoom, Grasan Kingsberry, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Ben Jacoby, Jennie Harney, Natalie Joy Johnson, Ashlee Dupre, Patrice Covington, Alan Wiggins, Julia Knitel, Marty Thomas, Louis Jones, Gabrielle Reed.