Wizard of Oz hanging? True or BS?
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Wizard of Oz hanging? True or BS?
I'm sure everyone knows what I'm talking about. In the Wizard of Oz, right after Dorothy and the Scarecrow pick up the Tinman, as they're skipping away, somthing in the background appears to be a man who is dangling from a rope after hanging himself. In truth, I've heard, it's actually just a crane. I believe the crane story. Anyway, does anyone have screenshots of it or a definitive answer. Thanks.
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The clip from the link is called Munchkin suicide, which seems odd. Anyway, the clip is really unclear and I can't see shit anyway. The article seemed to exaggerate the claim in order to support the authors refuting of it.
And if what I did see was a bird, why would someone think a figure on the ground would be a man hanging?
And if what I did see was a bird, why would someone think a figure on the ground would be a man hanging?
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Anyway, the clip is really unclear and I can't see shit anyway.
Anyway, the clip is really unclear and I can't see shit anyway.
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Originally posted by Joe Molotov
And that's the entire reason why this urban legend has persisted. If you could tell exactly what it was, then it wouldn't be fun anymore. But since you can't tell what it is, then it's more fun for people to believe outrageous stories about munchkin's committing suicide in the background and then the clip getting somehow left in by mistake.
And that's the entire reason why this urban legend has persisted. If you could tell exactly what it was, then it wouldn't be fun anymore. But since you can't tell what it is, then it's more fun for people to believe outrageous stories about munchkin's committing suicide in the background and then the clip getting somehow left in by mistake.
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Pop in the movie itself. It ain't a body. My friends and I spent many Friday nights in middle school trying to find the hanging. It isn't there.
And please, no jokes about teenage boys spending their Fridays watching Judy Garland movies.
And please, no jokes about teenage boys spending their Fridays watching Judy Garland movies.
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The hanging is there... the clip showed the scene in fullscreen missing the hanging which happened off to the left - I've seen it numerous times when I worked in a video store. It's not a real hanging obviously, but I think it was a joke or something. In any case, I remember talking about the bird since it's obvious it's a bird, but the hanging was in another area of the frame.
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And please, no jokes about teenage boys spending their Fridays watching Judy Garland movies.
And please, no jokes about teenage boys spending their Fridays watching Judy Garland movies.
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Originally posted by Trigger
The hanging is there... the clip showed the scene in fullscreen missing the hanging which happened off to the left - I've seen it numerous times when I worked in a video store. It's not a real hanging obviously, but I think it was a joke or something. In any case, I remember talking about the bird since it's obvious it's a bird, but the hanging was in another area of the frame.
The hanging is there... the clip showed the scene in fullscreen missing the hanging which happened off to the left - I've seen it numerous times when I worked in a video store. It's not a real hanging obviously, but I think it was a joke or something. In any case, I remember talking about the bird since it's obvious it's a bird, but the hanging was in another area of the frame.
If you were joking, it was a good one.
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To me, it looks like the ghost of a little boy. Ooops, wrong movie.