{"id":169656,"date":"2021-02-03T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/return-to-oz-is-nightmare-fuel-but-thats-kind-of-the-point\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T12:16:00","slug":"return-to-oz-is-nightmare-fuel-but-thats-kind-of-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/return-to-oz-is-nightmare-fuel-but-thats-kind-of-the-point\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Return to Oz&#8217; is Nightmare Fuel, But That&#8217;s Kind of the Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a42e158a1db6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a42e158a1db6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/return-to-oz-is-nightmare-fuel-but-thats-kind-of-the-point\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/return-to-oz-is-nightmare-fuel-but-thats-kind-of-the-point\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Return to Oz&#8217; is Nightmare Fuel, But That&#8217;s Kind of the Point<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.8--><\/p>\n<p id=\"block-ef39d270-a779-4fdb-93a8-9ec87a31985d\"><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay about why Return to Oz is one of the most nightmarish \u201ckid-friendly\u201d films ever made.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" id=\"block-c4d05d38-52e3-42f8-8498-9277fd8f4a79\"\/>Everyone has a part of their brains cordoned off with caution tape, dedicated to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> that traumatized them as children. Hell, maybe it wasn\u2019t even a movie. Maybe it was an especially ghastly cartoon or commercial.<\/p>\n<p>The experience of formative, traumatic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> is so universal that you can barely throw a skull at the internet without hitting a dozen lists of \u201cnightmare fuel that traumatized us as kids.\u201d The frequency of such lists emphasizes the power of pop culture that leaves dark impressions on us as children. We are simultaneously attracted to and repelled by the things that scare us the most. And when we\u2019re young, we are especially open and receptive to the more nightmarish and primal vibrations of media.  <\/p>\n<p>Disney films are frequent bedfellows on such lists. Least of all because the House of Mouse has been responsible for more dark delights than you\u2019d expect. But chief among them, without a doubt, is <em><strong>Return to Oz<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Walter Murch<\/strong>\u2018s 1985 film has been described as surreal, unnerving, and upsetting. All of this is true, but this is, as the video essay below argues, precisely what makes the film the most faithful adaptation of <strong>L. Frank Baum<\/strong>\u2018s work to date. Where most simply gesticulate wildly towards <em>Return to Oz<\/em>\u2018s unsettling aspects, this essay takes the time to unpack the film\u2019s notoriously upsetting reputation in the context of Baum\u2019s work, which drew from, among other things, the tradition of older, darker fairytales. <\/p>\n<p id=\"block-7bea6721-0bc5-4685-b8bb-9a638666ffc4\">Watch \u201c<strong>Return to Oz is an Absolute Nightmare<\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Return to Oz is an Absolute Nightmare\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dnXjqhzbY1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"block-3e70ef38-925e-47ea-b20c-b98285b86f45\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-839c096a-2881-4e76-aef1-4e01b79aa34f\"><strong>In Praise of Shadows\u00a0<\/strong>is a video essay channel run by\u00a0<strong>Zane Whitener\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0based in Asheville, North Carolina. The channel focuses on horror, history, and retrospectives. You can subscribe to their YouTube channel\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/inpraiseofshadows\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0And you can follow them on Twitter\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/praise_shadows?lang=en\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"block-85c5c651-dca9-4ab9-862e-cac05989163e\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Videos_Like_This\"><\/span>More Videos Like This<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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