![]() He peeks out, sees himself surrounded by midgets freaks, witches and monkeys. Would explain why he gained so much power so quickly. On the other hand it is quite possible "the wizard" brought it with him from our world. "Winky! Come here! I've discovered a way to really increase the velocity on these bullets! With those new hollow point bullets Jingles is working on we should be having those damn flying monkeys dropping out of the sky like rain and hitting the dirt like bags of wet horse-of-many-colors crap!" Where did this thing come from? Its existence implies some sort of munitions industry in the happy old land of Oz: munchkins working away manufacturing bullets, hard at work on better guns that give the bullets better spin and trajectory. Which brings us to the question of what this says about the magical land of Oz. He was the one who admitted he didn't have a brain in his head! Sure, give the jumpy unstable guy the power to control flying leaden death! The guy made Barney Fife look like Patton for God's sake! And of all the guys to give a gun to: the scarecrow was the most jittery of the bunch. Well maybe not exactly like that but I still am surprised Ray Bolger would go along with giving his character a gun. And a musical! And it's all in a magical world! It just doesn't make sense? Are you nuts?!? Get away from me, I won't do it!" "What? Are you out of your mind? This is a kids film. Right there the conversation should have went this way. "Well sir, that's the scarecrow's piece." Why? Why a gun? Why why why?Īnd why would Ray Bolger go through with it? A stagehand hands him a revolver. I'm assuming some genius on the production followed this same train of thought and decided Scarecrow needed a weapon. ![]() He's made of straw and easy to literally beat the stuffing out of. ![]() Not only that, it's only logical that the rest of the group we be protecting her (hey, she was supposed to be like a twelve year old girl and this was way before women's lib). The tin woodsman has that axe so he's covered. He's a lion for crying out loud! Cowardly though he might be he's got claws and teeth - if needed he could be taking care of business. They all needed to be able to defend themselves. In the scene our heroes are heading off to confront the witch. First up why did the filmmakers feel the need to give the scarecrow a shooting iron. I just have to wonder what the heck was that gun doing in that scene, both in terms of the making of the movie and in terms of the movie's reality. is that a gun? Ooops they cut to a different shot. I was in the middle of taking in the cleaned up print, my eyes lingering on every element in the frame when suddenly. I first noticed old slug thrower when I went and saw the restored version on the big screen. The other reason I think is because for the longest time we have been watching The Wizard Of Oz on TV where it is harder to notice. I think people haven't noticed this because, for one thing, there is so much else going on. They are heading into the scary forest and in a number of shots Scarecrow is clearly carrying a gun - a rod, a pistol, a heater, death in a tube, a rapid bullet delivery system. ![]() Check out the scene immediately after Dorothy and company leave the wizard to go after the witch. You're thinking, "Huh? What are you talking about? The Scarecrow didn't have a gun?" Oh contraire. The movie in question is The Wizard Of Oz and the question is why does the Scarecrow have a gun? A question regarding an oddity about a movie classic that millions have seen over and over and yet have not looked at closely enough. Where do those mysterious crop circles come from? Who built Stone Henge? What's the deal with Doug Henning?īut there is one question that has slipped under the radar of most observers. There are many unexplainable things in this world of ours, unanswerable questions. Everybody Run, The Scarecrow Of Oz Has A Gun!!! ![]()
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