[lbo-talk] Obama and the Cult of Personality

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Wed Jan 21 09:38:23 PST 2009


At 05:11 PM 1/20/2009, Michael Pollak wrote:


>After being discovered and confessing, he shows Dorothy how to end
>the dream illusion. And he shows the others they don't need magic
>to change their characters, just a little self-confidence.

He doesn't show, he gives talismans that magically make things happen. The scarecrow gets a diploma that makes him smart, the lion a medal that makes him brave, and the tin man a testimonial that gives him heart.

http://www.wendyswizardofoz.com/printablescript.htm

WIZARD

Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a

very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous

creature that crawls on the earth -- or

slinks through slimy seas has a brain!

From the rock-bound coast of Maine to the

Sun.... oh - oh, no -- -- ah - Well, be

that as it may. Back where I come from we

have universities, seats of great learning

-- where men go to become great thinkers.

And when they come out, they think deep

thoughts -- and with no more brains than

you have.... But! They have one thing you

haven't got! A diploma!

MS -- The Wizard reaches back and obtains several diplomas -- selecting one and presents it to the Scarecrow as Dorothy, Tin Man and the Lion look on --

WIZARD

Therefore, by virtue of the authority

vested in me by the Universitatus

Committeeatum e plurbis unum, I hereby

confer upon you the honorary degree of Th.D.

SCARECROW

Th.D.?

WIZARD

Yeah -- that...that's Dr. of Thinkology!

CU -- The Scarecrow recites the Pythagoras Theorem -- reacts with joy --

SCARECROW

The sum of the square roots of any two

sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to

the square root of the remaining side. Oh

joy, rapture! I've got a brain!



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