![]() Frank Baum, which is in the public domain. This work contains the entire book of the wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Join her as she meets new friends and overcomes obstacles to get back home. This novel focuses on Sean with the author staying profoundly in his head, doing a deep dive into how many of our memories are real, and how many are false memories we’ve told ourselves, convinced of their truth. Swept away from home by a cyclone, Dorothy Gale finds herself in the magical land of Oz. The plot revolving around the black box (the Memory Palace) reminded me a bit of the plot in The Candy House by Jennifer Egan, but that’s where the similarities end. I’m going with literary and speculative fiction, (which I do realize covers sci-fi). I’ve seen so many genres bandied about for this book, sci-fi being the most prevalent. Instead, the box takes over Sean’s life, slowly eroding his relationship with his children and fiancée, until Sean is convinced that his entire life has been a lie. What sets him apart is his status as a widower who’s been unable to either remember or move on from the tragedy of his young wife’s death two decades prior.Īfter being a lucky “winner” at his company, his boss gives him a black box that will play back every memory Sean’s ever had, promising that the box will change his life. He’s a senior-level tech manager, has two children, and a mortgage. Obviously, the directors wouldn't have written this into the story if they would have deemed it unsafe for the actress.In most respects, Sean Whittlesea lives an average life. After Goldfinger she was in a few more films before retiring, so she lived through the movie just fine. Regardless, actress Shirley Eaton had doctors standing by when she wore the paint, and was not affected at all by the scene. However, body paint could still keep you from sweating (which would overheat your body), and could be toxic if you wear it for too long, so covering yourself in it isn't the best idea. Of course, we now know that people don't breathe through their skin so as long as you're breathing through your mouth or nose, you won't suffocate. Since this woman was painted for real and people thought that would kill someone, it was enough for viewers to conclude that she had died when she slipped out of public view. ![]() ![]() Knowing this, dancers back then would leave a small patch of their skin exposed so as to make breathing possible. In those days, some people believed that the body breathed through the skin, which would mean that someone who was totally covered in paint would suffocate. Instead, it was a bird, which can be seen much more clearly in the remastered DVD release of the film: ![]() And if the film staff were "covering it up," they wouldn't have been so cheap as to not get another take of the scene. Even in 1939, it would have been physically impossible for someone to commit that act and not have a single person notice. Nobody committed suicide on the set of The Wizard of Oz. That doesn't even take into account the fact that the Munchkins weren't even on the set when this scene was recorded. Even if it somehow slipped by them, the post-production team would have seen the hanging when they were editing the film. First, filming a movie requires dozens of people at any given time, who would have surely noticed someone who was hanging on the set. This is the kind of hoax that seems believable when you get caught up in excitement and view the slow-mo video, but think about it for just a minute. Once thought to be a crew member accidentally stuck on-screen, the legend eventually evolved into its current form: a Munchkin extra, distraught from unrequited love, decided to end his life on the movie's set.
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