Most people ask why the Simpsons are green, but nobody asks why Hollywood is dark.

@James Green They aren't, but you seem to be, Mr. Green.

@James Green They aren't, but you seem to be, Mr. Green.

and also is because all of those people have a lot of money and they can do basically anything they want just because of it

@Joan Ignasi Martí Franco they are not lmaooooooooooooooooooo

@Joan Ignasi Martí Franco they are not lmaooooooooooooooooooo

@TellUWhat Or else the nose will sniff us out

@TellUWhat Or else the nose will sniff us out

@Jinxed Swashbuckler I think I know what brand of people you're talking about<br>What the Elves of Middle-Earth call the Dwarves (and what the Dwarves call themselves lol)

@Jinxed Swashbuckler I think I know what brand of people you're talking about
What the Elves of Middle-Earth call the Dwarves (and what the Dwarves call themselves lol)

This guy just called the Simpsons <b>green</b> and you're all arguing about armchair politics.

This guy just called the Simpsons *green* and you're all arguing about armchair politics.

because when you hide your sexism and sexual harassment with wokness, it makes the situation quite dark

@—Darwinski— Nice try, that's not how colorblindness works

@—Darwinski— Nice try, that's not how colorblindness works

Bloody the amount of replies here just randomly blew up

Bloody the amount of replies here just randomly blew up

@Kermit 2 well I think a lot of things people find seemingly wrong with capitalism could be the result of government intervention.
By having companies pay for your health care, that's less money for your actual paycheck and it makes health care costs more expensive for everyone. (Because there's no incentive to not have "free" insurance cover routine predictable expenses it's not needed for.) And discourages people from seeking a better job for fear of not getting the same benefits.
College was a lot more affordable before the government started offering student loans to make it more affordable.
But really the biggest problem in the US right now is the political system is deeply polarized, too many people of all views feel completely unrepresented and the two parties are as powerful as ever despite record poll numbers saying we need a third party option. Issues are not getting addressed in a constructive way.
Having ranked choice voting and maybe even proportional representation would drastically improve our government.

@Kermit 2 no, capitalism did not put billions of people into poverty. That would imply people were better off before or without capitalism somewhere.
Before the industrial revolution, what we today would call third world poverty was the norm everywhere, where most people toiled in short miserable lives. It was the normal state of human existence.
Nothing else has reduced poverty by any comparable amount as free market capitalism has. Look into something called the Index of Economic Freedom if you want more data. Comparing first world problems to third world poverty and saying "well both sides have their issues" is a huge false equivalence.
If anything, third world places today like Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Cuba and North Korea suffer from the absence of economic freedom, in the same way that cold scientifically is the absence of heat, it doesnt have a direct cause.

@channel5980 “insert brainlet pic here” isn’t an argument

@channel5980 “insert brainlet pic here” isn’t an argument

@ApolloRose Implying that someone's comment is invalid because they "unironically said X" without explaining anything is LMAO

@channel5980 making fun of somebody for saying “insert brainlet pic here” isn’t a fallacy my man

@ApolloRose Do you even know what "fallacy" means?

@ApolloRose Do you even know what "fallacy" means?

@channel5980 you literally said “insert brainlet pic here”

@channel5980 you literally said “insert brainlet pic here”

@ApolloRose My man here just tried to call me out by using a fallacy LMAOOOOO

@channel5980 mans just unironically said “you’re the soyjack i win the argument”

@Alexander McCabe where did I say there are capitalist governments? Quote the exact line.
Where did I call capitalism a system?
If you have trouble grasping basic English, ask your caretaker to explain it to you, I'm sure they can take it slow enough even for you.😂

@Cyann I grew up in a post-communist country too, that's why I know it's worse, possibly the worst possible system around that's mainly supported by people I'm not convinced are fully human.

However, if you fail to see how capitalism is vulnerable to constant exploitation, I don't know what to tell you, you must live in a wonderful fantasy world lmfao.
Now let's link arms and go topple more governments to protect the petrodollar, good times!👍

@Jinxed Swashbuckler Mussolini wants to know your location

@Jinxed Swashbuckler Mussolini wants to know your location

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Hi maybe you guys didn't know this, but whining about The Wizard of Oz ain't gonna bring back Trump, you mad bro

raiden,
t u r n  t h e  g a m e  c o n s o l e  o f f  n o w.

raiden,
*t u r n  t h e  g a m e  c o n s o l e  o f f  n o w.*

@Dismissor LMAO I can't take this comment seriously after all the memes

@Dismissor LMAO I can't take this comment seriously after all the memes

@channel5980 Oh you know geography? Name all 50 states plus the ungoverned province of the USA

@Dismissor Someone with basic geography knowledge.

@Dismissor Someone with basic geography knowledge.

@channel5980 ok? <br>I guess I'll have to watch it more.

@channel5980 ok?
I guess I'll have to watch it more.

@The_One_Who_Has_A_Very_Strange_Name You obviously haven't watched this channel enough...

I know the answer. Hollywood’s in floria

I know the answer. Hollywood’s in floria

Why saying the Simpsons are green, they are literally yellow.

Why saying the Simpsons are green, they are literally yellow.

Tripp Henderson <br>Emplemon used to make YTPs and he’d always make the simpsons skin color green

Tripp Henderson
Emplemon used to make YTPs and he’d always make the simpsons skin color green

@Cyann notice the implication "almost as bad" and not "as bad" or "worse than." No one in this comment threat is denying the grey misery that is living in a communist or post-communist society, but by that same token I hope you're not denying the miserable struggles of those who find themselves living just above or underneath the poverty line (a struggle directly caused and/or amplified by the structural inequities of capitalism, especially in its purest, most unregulated form) and perpetuating the old myth of American-style capitalism as being this "free consumerist paradise;" if you've been living a better life under capitalism then I'm happy for you, but unfortunately not everyone would boast of that same experience.

The Simpsons has a easy answer but Hollywood, is a whole other Rabbit Hole to dive into

The simpsons are green because of toxic copper face paint

The simpsons are green because of toxic copper face paint

@Uphill-Evolution US v Paramount pictures was the reason this stuff stopped happening though. The Government stepped in and told these companies they couldn't monopolize the industry which led to higher freedom for everyone involved, except those at the top of course.

@Potatotenkopf problem is not lack of regulation. It's lack of enforcement of already existing law.

@Cyann after our collapse we'll see which goes darker

@Cyann after our collapse we'll see which goes darker

Aren’t they Yellow?<br>Are you colorblind?

@Cyann as someone who grew up in a post industrial society i can assure you it is bullshit when someone claims the industrial revolution was a disaster on the human race

Nobody asks why Margaret Hamilton was green

Nobody asks why Margaret Hamilton was green

@Potatotenkopf Can't be deregulated if regulations were never there in the first place :rollsafe:

Simpsons are green? Are you colourblind or am I colourblind?<br>I’m pretty sure they’re blue

Simpsons are green? Are you colourblind or am I colourblind?
I’m pretty sure they’re blue

@Jinxed Swashbuckler As someone who grew up in a post communist country this is the biggest load of shit I've ever heard lmao. Same goes for the absolute geniuses in this thread comparing communism to capitalism.

@ChubbyAnemone69 do you even know what that word means or how to quantify it

@Jinxed Swashbuckler  lol no but good attempt at a "both sides feigning nuance" position

@Jinxed Swashbuckler "Capitalism is almost as bad as communism"

insert brainlet pic here

@Jinxed Swashbuckler "Capitalism is almost as bad as communism"

*insert brainlet pic here*

@Alexander McCabe to be fair, capitalism is almost as bad as communism, and in both, it's the same brand of people who end up running things.

@Alexander McCabe it also put 2 billion on poverty.

@Alexander McCabe it also put 2 billion on poverty.

@Krystal Myth remember when in don't blame the thing that lifted 1 billion people out of poverty

The memetic flow of information has surpassed the need for such questions. It's not your job to ask questions J. Only to create context.

@olly _ look I don't want to come off as one of those annoying redditors but this is a total r/woosh moment (edit lol he deleted his comment)

De-regulation and limitations of technology

De-regulation and limitations of technology


I often think of the gradual fading of my favorite and beloved idols. Musicians, actors, and other public figures have been around long before me and sometimes even when my parents were young. These great generations are slowly but surely going. It is a sad and bittersweet reminicience.


Really wonderful epilogue. Bravo 👏🏼 a truly enjoyable video.


It’s so sad what happened to the cast especially with Margaret Hamilton she forgot herself and her accomplishments likely to the point that she wouldn’t know what she ate for breakfast it’s so sad that this all happened because mgm just wanted to make a quick buck for almost a year they were all tortured and even doing things that would cause premature death and addiction in a way the people behind the screen were murders it’s so sad I will never look at this company the same way again

Margaret Hamilton's Alzheimer's had no link with Wizard (which, by the way, was not the only accomplishment she forgot; she had a long and prolific career). Nobody wanted to "make a quick buck"; MGM was in the moviemaking business, and therefore they made movies; Wizard was one of 41 movies they released in 1939. Nobody was tortured, and nothing they went through in making the movie caused "premature death and addiction." Judy's addictions began in adulthood, and if you're calling Buddy Ebsen's death premature, then explain how it took him 65 years to die.

Margaret Hamilton's Alzheimer's had no link with _Wizard_ (which, by the way, was not the only accomplishment she forgot; she had a long and prolific career). Nobody wanted to "make a quick buck"; MGM was in the moviemaking business, and therefore they made movies; _Wizard_ was one of 41 movies they released in 1939. Nobody was tortured, and nothing they went through in making the movie caused "premature death and addiction." Judy's addictions began in adulthood, and if you're calling Buddy Ebsen's death premature, then explain how it took him 65 years to die.


The wizard of Oz is my all time favorite movie 🎥 but man the darkness that happened during the making of the movie is very disturbing

Darkness, schmarkness. It was, as Jack Haley said, hard work. Here are your sources for the real story: "The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz with an introduction by Margaret Hamilton, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman with an introduction by Jack Haley, Jr., and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman.


I guess art does outlive the artist in many ways because I could probably perfectly quote this movie and give very niche facts about it…. But I have never seen the wizard of oz in all my 23 years of life lol


Rusty Cage needs to make a full version of “If I Only Had Some Hair”


he really outdid himself with that hair loss ad.<br>And everything else.

he really outdid himself with that hair loss ad.
And everything else.


It's interesting bc it seems like several of these problems had to do with the movie being in colour. Wizard of Oz was one of the very first movies done in colour, and that was obviously one of the main selling points (heck, the slippers were silver in the book, but ruby pops out so much better). The health problems with the makeup probably could've been avoided if they didn't have to worry about the colour. I wonder if the movie was black-and-white, would they have to make the lighting so intense? Of course this is just me speculating but it's interesting to think about.


Judy Garland deserves much more respect with what she had to go through.  Everyone else involved deserved better for that matter.


I did the first, honest-to-god, no bullshit, genuine and unintended spit-take of my 30 year life at the 12:06 mark when he said that what the fuck I was seeing on my screen was Asbestos being used as snow, with the actors absolutely coated in the shit, and it's presence being so thick in the air so as to create a general haze across the whole screen. I had already heard like 10-12 things by that point which were entirely despicable/infuriating, AND I was already somewhat familiar with the notion that the set of The Wizard of Oz was a bit of a dumpster fire. But that information took the whole fucking cake. Just... O__O

The snow was crushed gypsum. The most reliable sources for info on this movie are the books "The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz with an introduction by Margaret Hamilton, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman with an introduction by Jack Haley, Jr., and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman.


"We can only wonder if science or religion will ever help us achieve eternal life; but at the very least, art can get us pretty damn close."

...Damn.


Hollywood can be a hell of a place.

It looks so bright and shiny on the outside, but inside it is completely rotten.

Lots of industries are like that. The majority, I'd say. Hollywood is just funner to dissect because that's where alot of our entertainment comes from.

I've always heard of people moving out to Hollywood to break into the business or network with other creators

Then they notice the heroine addicts and used needles on every street corner.

Just don't look at the Early Life Section

@Lazwit we could band together and revolt against our corporate overlords. We could, but who is going to?

@Appel Sien His analogy is as colorful as Hollywood's outside, and just as grim as Hollywood's inside.

@Simple Inverso and absolute power.....<br>Corrupts absolutely

@Simple Inverso and absolute power.....
Corrupts absolutely

Oh boy you said something timeless and said for a hundred years

Colorful mushrooms growing on a waterlogged corpse.

@Jinxed Swashbuckler power corrupts.

But this isn't any kind of power, as it comes with the ability to get whatever you want when it comes to sexual relations, and victims that are often too scared to fight back.

I wonder what it is that draws a certain type of person to leadership positions in Hollywood year after year, decade after decade. Like do they have a factory somewhere where they produce those monsters?

@Tom Servo when celebrities say they just want to be normal, I'm starting to believe it

something something bright lights and dark shadows

@SHAWKLAN 27 well, there are bad industries like insurance and finance, and rotten industries like Hollywood or the music industry.

If you ask me I'd rather make money off of a bad industry instead of a rotten one...

Yeah, forget the film industry. They treat employees like commodities. I'm going to the NFL instead.lol

Fitting that Disney's first film featured a poisoned but beautiful apple

@SHAWKLAN 27 Yeah, exactly like that. It's unfortunate but what are ya gonna do.

So like most industries we grow up wanting to be apart of?


That 8 bit Pink Floyd cover made that ending such a great "Woah man, that's deep" moment.


What you say about the pyramids is at odds with archaeological consensus. They were built by skilled laborers and artisans who were generally well treated and well paid by standards of the time.

It's possible to create great structures and great movies without torturing people. DaVinci didn't die of brush strokes on the way to "immortality".

Mistreating yourself or workers is a warning sign of your own incompetence, not a step to greatness.

"By standards of the time." And what were they?

Nobody was tortured or mistreated by anyone on Wizard . And Leonardo's name was Leonardo; Vinci was his hometown.

"By standards of the time." And what were they?

Nobody was tortured or mistreated by anyone on _Wizard_ . And Leonardo's name was Leonardo; Vinci was his hometown.


Learning this film was made in the late 30s makes a ton of sense. Less regulations and way more competition. Always thought Oz was made in the 80s or something. This sounded like actual hell.

People also didn't know yet some things might have been dangerous like the asbestos as snow, they just knew it looked good on camera.....Buddy Ebsen didn't know he was allergic to the makeup at the time...Some people don't find out they're allergic to something until they do it.


I got the reference you were making by playing music from the Dark Side of the Moon album. Watching the film with that album is a psychedelic experience!


Reminds me of how Malcolm MacDowell was basically tortured while making A Clockwork Orange. From the director Stanley Kubrick making his character have a pet snake when MacDowell has a fear of snakes, to him nearly drowning in one of the stunts, to him suffering long lasting eye damage from one of the more iconic scenes.

@That’s one smug wojak sorry about my response as well, that was pretty rude of me. Thinking about it now though, her very frail form and acting would fit the backstory of an abusive father in Jack.

@That’s one smug wojak and 1 plus 1 equals 3 too? That's not what I said. I said her acting was shit. I'm surprised Kubrick wanted to keep her honestly. I'm sure she's fine in other roles but she just didn't fit that role in my opinion.

@Cheru Siderea he just expects an extremely high level of quality from his actors

Huh, seems like Kubrick has a history of treating his actors like shit.

@Sumvs that's depressing to hear, I always thought she did a great job.

@Raymunator I was about to mention Kubrick's psychotic perfectionism in The Shining. Causing Shelley Duvall to literally lose strands of hair on set from all the stress and pressure he brought to her. Literally dozens and dozens of takes Duvall had to go through. Screaming in the bathroom scene if I'm correct.<br>But yeah. Despite Kubrick's genius directing, he was an asshole.

@Raymunator I was about to mention Kubrick's psychotic perfectionism in The Shining. Causing Shelley Duvall to literally lose strands of hair on set from all the stress and pressure he brought to her. Literally dozens and dozens of takes Duvall had to go through. Screaming in the bathroom scene if I'm correct.
But yeah. Despite Kubrick's genius directing, he was an asshole.

Through all that however he was ironically the only actor to have positive things to say about Kubrick


just to think that art can be bigger than the artist itself, how big it could get and how many times it happend on the trails of time..<br>this could be one of those fates that are worse than death itself

just to think that art can be bigger than the artist itself, how big it could get and how many times it happend on the trails of time..
this could be one of those fates that are worse than death itself


I would love for these sponsorships of keeps to actually tell you the side effects. They are pretty intense.


This was an amazing video you can see that he  took his time to make this video great


Oh screw that studio 👹. Judy was absolutely gorgeous. It's damn infuriating that she became insecure because of the abuse she had to face.

If it's any consolation, nobody on "Wizard" abused her in any way.


Today, we learn why there's a union for every group in the film industry

@Zey Face Okay, so the fact is that the USSR claimed to have a booming economy but organic estimates at the CIA were 1/6th of the claimed value. Wall Street was heavily in bed with the USSR and regularly bailed them out with cash injections when the going got tough. Reagan put a moratorium on investments into the Soviet Union which made him highly unpopular on Wall Street. He then proceeded to engage the Soviets in an arms race knowing he could collapse it.

Reagan was the instrument by which the Cold War ended without a shot and it's not even debatable unless you're completely ignorant. The fall of the Berlin Wall was then inevitable. This was ALL Reagan.

Now, you can argue that the collapse of the USSR ultimately led to the social strife the USA has today because it's never good to lack an enemy as a country. Indeed all the weak children of today are a result of not continuing the Cold War, but to claim Reagan was just there when life happened is either ignorant, stupid or disingenuous.

@ManYoureAStrangeAnimal I have no clue what you're trying to say with that second comment.

He sure took a ton of credit for it but it's more like he just happened to be president when the Soviet Union collapsed from internal stress

@Zey Face Are you suggesting that a country that has a 95% tax rate cares about the last few pennies they earn? BAHAAHAHAHA!!! You're a GDI!!!

@MaskedMan66 Ragen singlehandedly killed the American dream

@Zey Face LMHO  Obviously, you weren't there.

@Zey Face The USA is also a Union, and he made it great.

@ManYoureAStrangeAnimal The SAG President when Wizard was being made was Ralph Morgan (who, incidentally, was the brother of Frank Morgan).

Ronald Reagan served at the Guild's President from 1947 to 1952, and again from 1959 to 1960.

@ManYoureAStrangeAnimal The SAG President when _Wizard_ was being made was Ralph Morgan (who, incidentally, was the brother of Frank Morgan).

Ronald Reagan served at the Guild's President from 1947 to 1952, and again from 1959 to 1960.

There were unions then. The Screen Actors Guild had already been formed in 1933 by no less a personage than Boris Karloff, among others.

@Night Fall forget the mob, I'm wringing the neck of the next guy who tells me I'm not allowed to move an extension cord because that's electrical's job and I'm a carpenter

@MaskedMan66 My dad doesn’t like Mickey Rooney too much. Apparently when he was growing up, he was forced to watch all the Andy Hardy movies alongside his brothers and sisters as part of an archaic family activity known as Movie Night. I can only imagine the intense discomfort and suffering he went through having to watch those films over and over, just sayin’. 😱

Yep, and it saddens me that many people feel uneasy about the modern ones today.

@Kimg Komg Mickey Rooney was in quite a few unions.  ;-)


You know, this actually explains why the hanging munchkin is such a believable thing.

Except that it's totally implausible, especially since the scene in questions was completed a week before the Singer Midgets arrived at MGM.


This kept popping in my reccomended videos. I had no intrest in it, and I wanted it to go away...

...until I saw who made it.

EmpLemon can turn a documentary of a topic that I'd normally avoid into something that I'll watch as soon as I possibly can.

He may not do YTPs anymore, but he's still on the Downward Spiral that we know and love him for.


Great video, and special props to Rusty Cage for that hilarious song!


Jack Haley had this quote about the Wizard of Oz (which may even come up in this video later on) when he was asked if it was a fun and enjoyable experience for him. "It was not fun. Like hell it was fun. It was a lot of hard work. It was not fun at all."

@James Bailey That wasn't what you asked me in the first place, but since you have now, I'll tell you: it's based on one of my favorite stories and contains a brilliant cast and one of the best musical scores ever written. Why, don't you like it?

@MaskedMan66 you still haven't answered why you care about this movie so much

@MaskedMan66 You have not. why are you this obssesed over this particular film shoot, why does it matter so much to you

@MaskedMan66 yes I understand your position on this by now so can you please stop deflecting and just answer the question

@James Bailey What I defend is the truth. There are a lot of lies told about this movie and the people in it and the people who made it. I'm just here to set the record straight.

@MaskedMan66 "some things were worse" does not make the thing you're defending good

@James Bailey The costumes and make-up for Haley and Lahr were uncomfortable. Bolger's costume was not uncomfortable, but his make-up was. The lights were beastly hot. But if you know anything at all about movies, then you know that this was the case not just for "The Wizard of Oz," bur for many movies.

And it's not really that much different now. Studio lights may not be as hot, but for movies that go on location to hot climates, the effect is much the same. Costumes and make-up in many cases have remained stifling and heavy.

Jack Haley certainly had it better in his buckram Tin Woodman costume than Anthony Daniels did in his fiberglass See-Threepio costume. And the hot lights of the "Wizard of Oz" set were shut off at regular intervals for the cast to cool down. Not so the sun over Tunisia, where Daniels, making the first "Star Wars" movie, had to trudge through the desert!

"Wizard" may be a unique film, but its conditions were not. Much harsher conditions, much more uncomfortable situations, and far worse injuries have plagued dozens of other movies.

@MaskedMan66 dude why do you attempt to defend one of the most well documented productions out there, we all know it was horrible, can you explain why you feel the need to pretend that the movie production was not horrible for the actors

@James Bailey Nobody used meth, and the shooting day was only eight hours long-- and being a minor, Judy Garland was only permitted to work for half of that time. She had at least two hours when she had to be taking her lessons from the studio tutor, and the rest was free time.

Read these books and get the real facts: “The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz with an introduction by Margaret Hamilton, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman with an introduction by Jack Haley, Jr., and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman.

@MaskedMan66 no, it isn't, actors are not fed meth to be kept up for days straight in physically dangerous situations to the point of almost dying, that is not "just work", that does not still happen, and it was not acceptable than, literally why are you trying to argue this?

to be fair though, it's a job it can't be all fun

@Celesteal No, that's what actors call work. It's always been that way. It's still that way.

@MaskedMan66 Even if it's a requirement, I want you to imagine yourself in those poor souls` shoes, waking up at 4AM during the godly sunrise every single day just to be tortured in god-forsaken costume(s) during acting scenes. It would be Hell.

He starred in a Sunday night radio show before, during, and after the time he was working on "Wizard," and while the movie was in production, he would work in a lot of lines and jokes about how it was to make the movie, and the problems he encountered in his Tin Woodman suit, like being mistaken for a mailbox or someone trying to pull his arm and hit the jackpot. Playing the Woodman exhausted him, but he found the radio show cathartic and welcomed every Sunday evening.

One of the cast members on that show was Lucille Ball, who years later appeared on T.V. on "The Donny & Marie Osmond Show" in a skit called "The Wizard of Oz-mond," in which she played a variation on her old boss's role, namely Tin Lizzie. :-)

@Melissa Cooper <b>shrug</b> That's showbiz, and it hasn't changed. I mean, of course they have to memorize lines, that's rather a requirement. :-)

@Melissa Cooper *shrug* That's showbiz, and it hasn't changed. I mean, of course they have to memorize lines, that's rather a requirement. :-)

And he was right. Acting in a movie even The Wizard of Oz is not fun and games. It's hard work. They have to memorize their lines. They have to get up at an ungodly hour to get their make-up put on. Not to mention how many times they have to perform a certain scene until it is done just right. Even then it might not make it into the final film.


It's unfortunate that this film's groundbreaking achievements were born from some of the most harsh labor problems, conditions, and hazards to happen in the industry.

@James Bailey I am indeed denying that people were given anything against their will, or got "health issues" from the sets. Read up, sir, and learn what really did and did not happen. The books (which require no quotation marks, as they literally are books) are full of information as regards the making of the movie, and supplemented with the words of the people who were there. How you think you can just discount that is bizarre.

@MaskedMan66 Also you are objectivly denyinh reality by saying no one was giving stimulants against their will or or got health issues from the sets, that just isn't true. again, why are you defending the production like this, what does it matter to you

@MaskedMan66 You realize something can be bad even if it wasn't deliberatly intended to be bad right? You understand thosee are not mutually exclusive concepts right? "the books" are a concept, either pull direct quotes or stop bringing them up.

@MaskedMan66 this is not "hard work", getting blown up is not "hard work", being force fed meth is not "hard work", getting copper poisoning and lung problems from inhaling metal is not "hard work". this is not normal for movies. one production being worse does not make this one better. explain why you feel the need to defend this production, what do you gain out of it. you can enjoy the film and acknowledge the actors were mistreated. the actors can like the movie even though they were mistreated. you can't just keep pulling shit out of your ass and then telling people to read three entire books about it

@James Bailey The actors loved the film, especially Margaret Hamilton. They weren't "mistreated"; it was just hard work, like any movie. "Gone With the Wind" had more woes than "Wizard."

@MaskedMan66 no, the fuck it wasn't. this is one of the most horrific productions in film history, why are you trying to defend it? do you think you aren't allowed to like the film if the actors were mistreated?

@Caleb OKAY  Of course they used real guns; they still do. The secret is that they fire blanks.

Compared to some movies, before and since, this was a walk in the park.

Whenever something revolutionary happens, someone has to get hurt. It’s very sad though.

Back then, they would use real guns firing live rounds for scenes with shootouts. Plenty of people died or got hurt trying to make movies. It wouldn't be until the 60's that any kind of actual labor standards for film would start to come up in any serious way. Now there is a crap ton of regulations and laws surrounding filmmaking, because of all these things.

@Os the cost of progress is often brutal

History repeats itself. The comparison to the pyramids at the end is spot on.


I'm the biggest Judy fan ! i know a lot about her life and love her live performances. I've done a couple of her songs in my drag acts. She went on to have a very hard life an d a lot of it stemmed from the abuse she received during this movie and at MGM in general. They're the one who made her start taking the pills.

Her mother was the one who introduced her to barbiturates and amphetamines when she was 13. But she didn't use them during this movie, and was not abused by anyone; LeRoy and Fleming would not have allowed it.


My strongest memory related to this movie is that I got a nosebleed that wouldn't stop for almost an hour while watching it at a friend's house when I was six.


I hope that if/when I go to Hollywood and become a breakthrough director/producer/writer I can help the crews, actors, and people who will work with me on a masterpiece

That's what Victor Fleming did; whatever movies he directed, he always asked for the cast's input on how they felt their characters should be portrayed. For instance, he took Jack Haley's suggestion that everyone should evoke a sense of wonder; Haley did that in the manner in which he spoke as the Tin Woodman, which was the tone of voice he used when reading bedtime stories to his children. And you may remember the Lollipop Guild raising clasped hands over their heads and shaking them like winning athletes; that was an ad lib that Jerry Maren put in during a rehearsal, and Fleming laughed and told him to use it in the movie.


jesus christ. as someone who’s family was in the biz i grew up on golden age hollywood flicks like this. i heard stories of brutal sets and shoots but this goes beyond. I think of Raiders shooting in Tunisia and how they all got dysentery, but cast members almost dying and removing copper paint from a burn victim really puts it all into perspective. I hope at least the actors were proud of what they did at the end, otherwise i really don’t think it was worth it…


"It is art, not the artist, that stands the test of time."<br>People will remember you for what you do, because it's your actions that define who you are.

"It is art, not the artist, that stands the test of time."
People will remember you for what you do, because it's your actions that define who you are.

@Mr. Onay I think he was just trying to end off the video, but I agree with your experiences with it because a lot of the time philosophy just seems over the top only to make you say “no shit Sherlock”

@Secular Ascetic Most philosophy is just common sense and it shown by how different each cultures history of philosophy goes. Compare stoicism and roman philosophy to Confucism and chinese philosophy. It is simply just how each culture deals with identity and growth. I have never learned something i didn't already know from philosophy

@Raymunator What??? how does that make sense sorry

And that's why we remember great people and evil people.

@Secular Ascetic yo sorry this is off-topic but what does your name mean?

@Secular Ascetic Get over yourself. This is a video about the wizard of oz and the excesses of hollywood, it's not meant to be an essay on philosophy. Emp never made the claim that he was a philosopher, or that any of this is meant to be deep.

@Mr. Onay it isn't. Empiricism is surface level.

@Secular Ascetic Its not like the whole field of philosophy is surface level or anything

@Secular Ascetic I personally just see it more as him making the most out of a concept or subject.
It's essentially him appreciating small, obscure, or seemingly insignificant concepts, and his message is usually that sometimes we need to appreciate those things too.
He doesn't care if people don't care to appreciate these things, because they actually aren't important. The reason he does this for those looking to appreciate something.
He's not stating to himself, as if his mind was blown from the information, but instead is for others that never thought about these kinds of things.
It's a niche really, that's all.

@Ozvoid there's that saying that people usually cant look at the artist without thinking about the art

More like "that's a very obvious observation of mortality, Emp." As is the case with this comment.
Is Emp like a philosophy or psych student or something? Because he always seems to want to make these ties to very elementary concepts in those fields with this gravitas like they're fucking mind-blowing and deep when they're all really basic and naïve perspectives of existentialism. I didn't major/minor in philosophy, but I've been into it since freshman year highschool and some of Emps attempts at being deep reek of "Freshman who read one essay by Nietzsche and wants everyone to know." We haven't even questioned the validity of empiricism yet ffs.

Like, the info in the video is cool, but the end portion was really "wannabe deep" about things that are REALLY basic concepts.

I guess no one said the artist can't be the art themselves.


volunteers is a fair way to put it, but many were skilled craftsmen, paid to be there. you just can't finish the technological wonder of an eternal massive cultural monument without all the good architects engineers and project managers/logistics gold can buy.
interestingly all the crazy theories about the monument seem to fade away if you consider that humans can lie. say your neighbor says he built a record skyscraper in 2 nanoseconds with his hands and one good worker, you don't believe him until you see the skyscraper, it's pretty large. turns out it took him and the companies who paid him to do it twelve years and thousands of workers. i'm clearly implying that lying/fabricating/hiding evidence about the difficulty/length of time to complete the pyramids (for obvious political reasons) is far more likely than the shockingly popular "aliens did it" opinion. building a tomb for a pharoah that hasn't been born yet makes sense when the purpose of the tomb is to assure your nation or way of thinking or legacy survives whatever unknowable forces the future holds,
but let's not forget about ego - surely every ruler wants the biggest and best monument to have his own dang name on it, and surely if a ruler died too soon they wouldn't just let it go to waste. it's not like ruler 37 would cancel ruler 36's 100 year project when he can just use it for himself eh


This is...depressing. Thank you for showing us this, Emp!


I knew that Judy died of drug addiction, but I couldn't have imagined that it was in her most-iconic, breakout role where she became addicted. No, was MADE to be addicted by her movie studio.


Margaret Hamilton was a real class act. You really couldn’t have met a nicer lady, it’s very funny that she played the wicked witch.

@Jared Jams It's like the guy who plays Cyrus on TPB is actually super cool IRL.

@Jared Jams That's true! I've met Dave Prowse, Jacqueline Pearce, Eric Roberts, and other people who have played some very evil characters, yet they themselves were the nicest and most genuine folks you could ever hope to meet.

Also she was a distant cousin to Commissioner Gordon of Batman 1966 fame.

I’ve heard actors who play villains tend to be really nice off screen


Kinda disagree with your point at the end. Many modern actors will be remembered for who they are, because they are characters themselves. I've had hundreds of conversations where someone is describing a movie and they say "then Brad Pitt blows the guys head off" or "Charlie Sheen is a rich kid who enlists to go to Vietnam"

I've seen Platoon 3 times and I can't remember the name of Charlie Sheen's character, but I sure as fuck remember Charlie Sheen

I don't remember the names of any characters that have been played by Arnold Schwarzenegger except for Conan.


You know, it's true all of this happened in the past and all the bad people are dead, but the past can hurt long after

I think I'll still gladly watch the movie on occasion but hopefully, more and more people will hear about everything that happened behind the scenes and know how you SHOULDN'T treat others when making a film. Or at any time for that matter

There are so many lies told about the filming, but the truth is that the cast and crew got along fine. Nobody was deliberately mistreated, and in fact, Victor Fleming, the director, always asked for the cast's input as regards how they played their characters, how they interacted, and he even asked the four principals to offer their ideas to the design department as to what they thought the Jitterbug should look like.


I don’t ever want to direct a movie with conditions this bad. The health of my cast and crew is more important.


Absolutely fucking brilliant work.
Extremely accurate, over-detailed (just how I like it), & you even taught me a couple of things. Like, I didn't know Bert Lahr was a hypochondriac, & I'd never actually seen the lines on Ray Bolger's face from the make-up (once you pointed them out, they stuck out like a sore thumb in any photo of that time).
Great video, man. A couple of things are off, but not by much, if at all. Loving your work. Especially the attention to detail. Keep it up.

Huh, it was his arm. I always assumed they made a double of the entire costume for that scene.<br>Thanks for teaching me something.

Huh, it was his arm. I always assumed they made a double of the entire costume for that scene.
Thanks for teaching me something.

@Zayden Napier I would also recommend the writings of Aljean Harmetz and the team of Jay Scarfone and William Stillman.

@Zayden Napier Wrong; Bolger just had an asbestos sleeve under the left sleeve of the tunic for the burning scene. I don't have to be John Fricke, I just have to read what he's written about the movie, and so I have. Maybe you'd like to. ;-)

Try EXPLORE WITH US' video. That 20% would be VERY generous. This is accurate. Not entirely (for instance, only the Scarecrow's costume for the Witch's Castle moment was made of asbestos for fireproofing reasons), but almost all of it is fucking bang on.<br>You're not John Fricke, mate.

Try EXPLORE WITH US' video. That 20% would be VERY generous. This is accurate. Not entirely (for instance, only the Scarecrow's costume for the Witch's Castle moment was made of asbestos for fireproofing reasons), but almost all of it is fucking bang on.
You're not John Fricke, mate.

Only about 20% accurate, and that's being generous.


Child actors suffering identity crises' makes total sense when you think about something incredibly simple: they are constantly pretending to be something they're not while their minds are still developing a sense of self. Of COURSE they'll struggle figuring out who they are. They've spent their entire lives wearing one mask to the next. They never had time to build their own character, only the characters that were demanded of them.

@Gino Gatash If you're referring to Judy, the cast and crew of <i>Wizard</i> got along fine with her, and she with them.

@Gino Gatash If you're referring to Judy, the cast and crew of _Wizard_ got along fine with her, and she with them.

Children naturally fantasize and play roles while building their identities

The problem is that child actors were forced to play such specific roles for such long hours while being treated like shit that completely ruins someone's mind, add that to the drug use and sexual abuse you have the perfect case of fucked up childhood

Huh. Reminds me of my sister with manic depression.

Franklin Brooks stopped commenting on PS Vita

I mean, it wouldn't be such a problem if the crew was, you know? Nice to them? But alas that is too much.

How much free time do child stars nowadays have?


Nice way to dove tail dark side of the moon into the mix I'll always think about playing both simultaneously


Frank Morgan (the man who played the psychic with the crystal ball also the wizard and the gate keeper) needed a jacket for his character and picked one up at a thrift store. he dug into the pockets and found out later the jacket had originally belonged to L. Frank Baum

@MaskedMan66 well regardless he was wearing the jacket made by the arthur of the book

Professor Marvel wasn't a psychic, he was a humbug, like the Wizard. Frank Morgan played Marvel, the Wizard, the Guardian of the Gates, the Cabman, and Omby Amby the Palace Guard.


We need to stop letting children work for Hollywood it almost always ends in tragedy


These actors and actresses sacrificed so much for their art.


Real fans remember when the video was called "The Wizard of Oz an the Dark Side of Hollywood"

And when the N word was in the title yeah

To say “The Dark Side” on a Wizard of Oz vid... many of us know about the legend of a certain album syncing with a certain movie.

If someone changes the title of their video the notification of that video will not change and still be the orignal title.

I haven’t reloaded my page so mine still says that…I’ll screen shot it

I have a screenshot of the original title

@popcornweasel gaming it was an insead of and

@Josh Mcsqueelie no it's not:) it was an instead of and

@Dubleclick44 no it's not, it said an instead of and

@The Universal stegosaurus it had a typo, it said an instead of and

@Bubalack Gaming he often changes the title and the thumbnail of the videos after few hours, the comments is calling it out in anticipation.

@shwibble glibble i hope he doesn't change this title because he wants to troll you XD

It still has the typo in my notifacations, lol.

i saw it in notifs but when i clicked it it was changed

It still shown like that in the notification for me

@Pedro M64 same, but I know that it's because the video title hasn't changed.

It always had that title, you need to take your pills grandpa

I appreciate you calling us all real fans :)

its probably going to have something to do with the art of "prestige" or "dedication" or something like that

How long do you give it before it’s changed?

Still shows up as that on my notifications haha.

I was so confused when I saw the notification

It's still that for me? Did Emp change it? Lemme refresh real quick.

Still here for me, going to reload the site soon. See you fellas on the other side.

That’s how it shows up in my notifications

Hahah that's the version I'm watching right now!!!

<b>Alternate comment:</b> early viewers and fans who got the notification know that the title was originally "The Wizard of Oz an the Dark Side of Hollywood"

*Alternate comment:* early viewers and fans who got the notification know that the title was originally "The Wizard of Oz an the Dark Side of Hollywood"

Wdym? It's still called that, am I missing a joke or something?

<b>plz change title I want this comment to age well</b>

*plz change title I want this comment to age well*

What If emp Just never Changes the Titel to make you a fool?

Tacoma Speeway Never Ever Dale Earnhardt


As to the Egyptian "volunteers", its a little misleading to call them entirely voluntary.  Its believed these workers came from a system similar to Torato Omanuto in Israel.  Although military service is "compulsory" in Israel, in reality only about 35% of the population ends up serving in the military while the other 65% find a way out. One of those "outs" is by studying at a Yeshiva which is a school studying the Torah.  MANY israeli young men go to Yeshivas every year SPECIFICALLY to avoid military service.

It is believed that this is similar to where the workforce for the Pyramids came from.  Young men had compulsory military service UNLESS they volunteered to be laborours in the Pharaoh's religious quest of building a tomb. So while they are not specifically "slaves", it is quite likely that they are not doing it entirely voluntarily.  To many of these workers it was likely seen as a way to avoid military service.

In fact, some scholars even argue that the Israelites took this idea of religious service exemption from military service from the Egyptians.  Although the Bible describes the israelites as slaves in egypt its likely they were just a religious group that was doing the "religious labor" in order to avoid military service.


The mention of copper poisoning and its relation to alzheimers was just terrifying


I’ve heard so many horror stories that this could have been 10x longer


Brilliant<br>Extremely well made and well researched

Brilliant
Extremely well made and well researched


I've heard of Hollywood horror stories, but this is just heartbreaking. The lengths some people will go to see their dreams become reality is scary.

This video is full of gross exaggerations. Read up and get the real story from the people who know: "The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz with an introduction by Margaret Hamilton, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone and William Stillman with an introduction by Jack Haley, Jr., and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman.

@Spongiroth EnaPants - EnaTenkiyoGaming Nothing dark, nothing scary; it was just hard work.

This is the dark and very scary truth in the business of acting.


If I was part of the production of The Wizard of OZ, I’d literally quit after the first day.


We’ve had documentaries but I’d like to see a dramatized version of the film’s production. It would be eye opening.

As long as John Fricke was producer so that the record would be kept straight.


There is a great parallel to the entertainment boom of the 30’s and the housing market crash of 2008 and all the absolutely fantastic films and video games released that year. It’s undeniable how Great the Dark Knight, The Force Unleashed, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Grand Torino as entertainment are and they were all released in 2008.

[89thAH] ArmA III:Optre Shenaniganus Maximus


800 dollars in that time would be like $15,000 today. You gotta count inflation


I also heard somewhere that Margaret Hamilton was one of the few people on the set that was actually nice to Judy Garland. Everybody else (even her co-stars) would always scold and yell at her, which sometimes resulted in her crying.

@infa It does when the people who wrote the books did in-depth research which included speaking to the people who were there. For her 1977 book "The Making of The Wizard of Oz," Aljean Harmetz interviewed 48 actors and behind-the-scenes people.

@MaskedMan66 Margaret Hamilton was indeed very nice to Judy Garland

@MaskedMan66 thats fair. no hard feelings.

@Arnold Thomsen Only after you explained it. As it went out, it could easily have been taken as prejudicial. That's why I asked.

@MaskedMan66 but you did understand the message, right?

@Arnold Thomsen First time I've heard it used that way. I doubt too many people consider it a term of endearment.

@MaskedMan66 it is an endearing term meant to describe extreme focus and a single subject, or on the truth to the detriment of social skills.

@MaskedMan66 People tend to do that when you ''challenge'' them. <br>I understand your position, but the truth of the matter is, most people are not autistic enough to handle ''THE TRUTH.''

@MaskedMan66 People tend to do that when you ''challenge'' them.
I understand your position, but the truth of the matter is, most people are not autistic enough to handle ''THE TRUTH.''

@Arnold Thomsen I'm not "correcting people," I'm correcting mistaken impressions and outright lies. People somehow take that personally.

@MaskedMan66 Being correct is easy. being able to convince people is hard, doing so in a sympathetic and understandable way is even harder.

Being in the comment section under EVERY. SINGLE. COMMENT correcting people is not a good look even if you are correct and more or less cordial.

Please keep this in mind.

@SomebodyHere Now, how about we talk about the movie? :-D

@SomebodyHere Much the same as anyone else's, with a misspelling here, a missing bit of punctuation there, a phrase that could be better worded elsewhere. You must know what proofreading is.

@MaskedMan66 I sometimes wonder what your comment was like before you edited it.

@Deniz Metin T. They were all nice to her; she'd worked with some of them before and had formed friendships with them, and the ones she met for the first time became lifelong friends.

@Amberphylaxis if anyone here is being toxic and starting a flame war, it's you

Ironic that the villain's actress was one of the few people who were nice to the protagonist.

@Amberphylaxis did he say something incredibly offensive then edit it?

@The Yeetmeister It's fun, and as long as the recipe is followed, the results are delicious.

@infa If the books are written by people who have spent decades researching the film and/or spoken with the people involved in the making of the film (Aljean Harmetz interviewed forty-eight actors and behind-the-scenes people), then you may be sure that they are more reliable.

@MaskedMan66 Since you like truth, tell me about baking cookies.

@infa you are arguing against the guy who corrected it

@Amberphylaxis oh yeah sorry wrong reply on wrong comment

@infa are you trying to argue that it would have been better to be misinformed?

@MaskedMan66 just because its a book dosen't mean the information is more reliable 🤨

@infa Never been there. I stick to authoritative books. :-)

@MaskedMan66 this is your brain on reddit:

@MaskedMan66 this is your brain on reddit:

@Amberphylaxis what's wrong with correcting misinformation?

Probably because Margaret Hamilton had the hots for Judy.

@Amberphylaxis It takes no time at all, and you would do well to read some reputable books on the movie rather than visiting sensationalist websites. You see, it's not me correcting, it's the correct information that does the correcting.

@MaskedMan66 It's rather astonishing how much time you have to go to each comment and try to correct people. My point still stands, go touch grass.

@Amberphylaxis All I do is tell the truth; it's rather astonishing how angry people get when confronted with the truth.

Nope, that's a lie. The truth is that Judy loved to laugh and was always asking Bolger, Haley, and Lahr to tell her jokes; they were happy to oblige, but there were some that they thought best to keep from her young ears.


Very insightful video sir, also big points to sneaking a Chip-tune version of ''Any Colour You Like'' by Pink Floyd in the background as there are many that feel the movie and Dark Side of the Moon sync up :D


I swear when a year passes this channel gets so much better


it also sad that the actor for the witch kids were scared  by her, so mr roger guest appearance was nice to allowed show her real side and it made me happy but also sad that the woman was known as scary witch.

Margaret Hamilton was an actress, and kids weren't scared of her in real life.


I can imagine if they were alive today, the hypersexualization of their characters would've been a final blow to their self esteem. The actor for toto would've been constantly harassed by Peta, putting stress on the dog due to his caretakers fighting over him. Not to mention the current climate of pop culture, where shipping is the norm. This includes the horrific truth of real people being shipped by stans. One can imagine what Stan Culture must've been like in the 30s...

"Hypersexualization?" What the heck are you talking about?


It's sad to see how happy and cartoony everyone was on-screen, but how much injuries, and dark conditions they had to do to make oz come to life.

a lot of great works of art require sacrifices, such as the room

@Michael VandeVusse Everybody in the film considered it well worth the hard work; Margaret Hamilton, who suffered the most of anyone in the cast, loved the movie and was one of its biggest fans. She always appeared at Oz events and conventions, and even played the Wicked Witch many more times, both on stage and T.V.

You have to understand that ANY movie is hard to make and that difficulties with costumes and special effects and other things were commonplace; even today you still get actors having injuries and other things going wrong. "Wizard" is by no means unique.

@jgm 4789 There was talk of doing a sequel, and both Ray Bolger and Judy Garland would have been up for it, but once the movie was out and the promotional tours were over, everyone was already off on other projects. Besides, I doubt they could have paid Jack Haley enough to put on the buckram suit again.

I've always wondered, though, how they would have done "The Marvelous Land of Oz." Though Dorothy wasn't in the book, audiences would have insisted on her being worked in so they could see Judy in the role again. The central character Tip could have been played by Judy's pal Mickey Rooney, and maybe Buddy Ebsen could have finally made it to Oz as Jack Pumpkinhead. There was a hilarious Irish character actress named Una O'Connor, who would have been a perfect Mombi.

Not "dark," just diffucult, like working on any movie. The people who made "Gone With the Wind" had much more drama on their set.

Holy fuck honestly this film doesn't seem worth the entertainment it gave compared to the amount of suffering it created for those who made it. I could honestly say I would have rather it not have ever existed than have it exist and all these bad things happen to these people.

Maybe it was a good thing they never bothered doing a sequel back then because later books in the series would probably tax the cast way more due to being more epic in scope and harder to adapt with the technology of the time. Its good to quit while youre ahead as i can only imagine how much more screwed up the cast would be if they made this into a series.


"Eventually, only the characters remain"

In most cases, yeah, but some actors' sheer memetic impact makes them incapable of being considered proper "actors" anymore IMO; they can no longer blend into a character, rather, they find themselves absorbing the character into themselves altogether. Are there distinct characters, for instance, that people recognize Arnold Schwarzenegger as having played (besides the T-800), or are there merely "shades" of Arnold Schwarzenegger?

The same could be said for Dwayne Johnson, Keanu Reeves (most people don't remember Neo as "Tom Anderson"; to them, Keanu Reeves is Neo), Clint Eastwood, Nicholas Cage, Will Smith, Scarlet Johansson, Sean Connery, Bill Murray, Robin Williams; I could go on, but you get the picture. Whether it's due to an idiosyncratic screen presence they effect, the amnesia of the public, or a defining role that dooms them to being typecast a certain way, actors like this are more known for "playing themselves" in the role, lacking the ability to truly blend, in spite of talent.

Robin Williams' demonstrated acting talent, but the cultural phenomenon that surrounded him, his cult of personality, and his affect often made it so you didn't really remember the character so much as you remembered Robin Williams "existing" in the movie. Nicholas Cage's trademark "coke freak-out" guaranteed to manifest in at least one scene per film, for instance, separates the actor's performance from its peers in such a way through both the sheer gratuity of it, and oddly the realism it offers, that you almost never remember the character he played, only Cage. It's like Cage himself is non-diagetic: these outbursts (seen in Ghost Rider, Color out of Space, Wicker Man, to name a few) simultaneously break, and reinforce immersion. You might see someone in a situation where their sense of reality is being broken (such as in Color out of Space) pound their car steering wheel and call the machine a "cocksucker" for failing to remove them from the hell of torment they find themselves in, but you don't really expect it to be played so straight, you expect it to be played /cool/. You expect the film to give you a role model, or a competence fantasy, but Cage gives you flaws, even when the other actors surrounding him don't; he is always somehow out of place. An actor like Ian McKellan is overshadowed by his characters; Gandalf and Magneto in particular, but Bill Murray is simply always Bill Murray. Clint Eastwood might have played an assortment of different gunslingers, and has dabbled in numerous genres, but even "The Man with No Name" is rendered somewhat ironic, since most people just call him "Clint". Sean Connery's accent, Johansson's expressive, fapable, yet strangely wholesome features, Will Smith's infectious vibe; these actors can no longer blend into characters because they themselves, ARE characters.

These people's celebrity, the natural ease with which it seems to come to them, and somehow abide them while ripping everyone else to pieces; it has made them into icons, similar to a crucifix, or the symbol for Yin/Yang. It's made worse by the fact that these people and their celebrity are a form of common experience which people can relate to one another. Watching Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in the 90s, bound certain groups of people (especially the younger ones) to one another through the sense of familiarity; that intense recognition that the aesthetic of the show triggers which can be akin to a powerful childhood memory. As a result of this association, no matter what half-baked project Smith is wasting his time with, you can bet people won't care what the character's name is in script, because they already know his name is Will. Some of these actors have a role with which they can achieve synergy (Reeves as Neo/John Wick, Schwarzenegger as the T-800, Murray as Phil Connors) by being written in such a way that the actor's cultural distinction "fills in" the character, rather than simply consuming it altogether, but roles that well matched don't come around very often. A guy like Christian Bale will undergo extreme physical transformations in order to become the characters he plays, but after playing Batman in Nolan's trilogy, what skinsuit will fit him anymore? Willem Dafoe, like Bale, dangles from the same thread; both actors can blend into a character well, but doing so as effectively as they have for as long as they have eventually leads to a moment where they make that "memetic impact" that solidifies them in the consciousness of even those who don't remember anything about the movies they watch.

"WHERE ARE THE OTHER TRUCKS GOING?!"

"YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I'VE SACRIFICED?!"

Some part of your brain doesn't accept Arnold Schwarzenegger telling you he's "Howard" in Jingle All the Way, it says "I know you, your name is Arnold".


If I were the family of these actors I would sue the hell outta MGM. They ought to be ashamed of themselves for treating them this way. After watching this I will never watch The Wizard of Oz again.


I don't know if you take suggestions but I think "there will never be another youtuber like James Rolfe" would make for a great video. Love your content <3.


13:34 Just to let you know, corsets weren't actually that tight. At least historically accurate ones and ones that are made well and fit your body. Perhaps they didn't look much into it though and rushed it as most filmmakers do.

@ComradeKenobiSorry to hear that; get well soon.

@ComradeKenobi What do you think Mervyn LeRoy didn't know?

@ComradeKenobi She was overweight when she first came to MGM at the age of 13, reason being that she loved eating. She had trimmed some by 1938, but she had also blossomed. Between a corset created by an eccentric woman from Europe and physical training from her stuntwoman Bobbie Koshay, Judy managed to appear prepubescent.

@ComradeKenobi Well, neither am I. I'm just pointing out the common corset misconceptions.

@Hannah BG yeah I'm not supporting the ignorant producers

They just try to exploit their workers and actors to make a film of their liking

@ComradeKenobi Okay, but corsets aren't uncomfortable, that's what I'm pointing out.

She was deemed "too fat" (even though she isn't) so they need to find a way to "thin" her


Jesus Christ the longer you watch the more of a real life horror story this becomes

@MaskedMan66 Just answer the question please

@James Bailey My problem is people believing lies. Don't you think lies are bad?

@MaskedMan66 dude literally what is your problem

@All Smiles You think truth is "concerning?" Now, that is concerning.

@MaskedMan66 bro you've been coming back to this comment section for a month seriously go touch some grass this is really concerning

@Pwn3r Well I'm no expert on anything, really, so I couldn't tell you specifically how much regulation is too much when it comes to various industries. BUT, I do know that we are regulating ourselves out of being able to function, and places like China are picking up what we're losing. So there is clearly a problem here.<br>Our regulation is 1-sided. We shut ourselves down and make life impossible for ourselves, and then do nothing to prevent our global competition, that is actually quite hostile towards us and is in their own internal policies AT WAR with us, from gaining an advantage. This is suicidal really.

@Pwn3r Well I'm no expert on anything, really, so I couldn't tell you specifically how much regulation is too much when it comes to various industries. BUT, I do know that we are regulating ourselves out of being able to function, and places like China are picking up what we're losing. So there is clearly a problem here.
Our regulation is 1-sided. We shut ourselves down and make life impossible for ourselves, and then do nothing to prevent our global competition, that is actually quite hostile towards us and is in their own internal policies AT WAR with us, from gaining an advantage. This is suicidal really.

@Name Nameson Whats over-regulation to you? If you think about it, most of the stuff that happened to these actors happened because of no regulations at all.. The rising cost of living though, for sure thats gonna do us in.

Real life can be pretty horrifying. Once modern society collapses due to rising costs and over-regulation that makes life impossible for people, you're going to find out.

In class, we were discussing how The Truman Show predicted actor exploitation, but here, it's clear it was always the case.

My jaw dropped with every actor(res) talked about.


Like Pink Floyd once said “I’ll see you on the dark side of Hollywood...”

Or was it something else?


the whole set sounds like a nightmare
that why im glad i know King Jesus so i dont sell out for anything like that kind of nightmarish fuel movie set. plus 100 degrees and not being treated right, mgm doesn't deserve that money, people who are homeless or suffering deserve it~💜
all the actors/actresses seem so nice they didn't deserve that i just want to give them all a big hug/pat on the back~
also ty for the hard work you've done on this video and all the others, hope everyone is cozy, safe, blessed and sending everyone the best of good vibes~
🐱🐉🧡

It wasn't a nightmare, and a set is just a sound stage; they used a lot of them in the movie. It was hard work under hot lights, but so was any Technicolor movie; they had the same thing going on over at <i>Gone With the Wind</i> and other color movies. The accidents were few and far between, however devastating they were, and neither Judy Garland nor anyone was deliberately tortured or mistreated.

It wasn't a nightmare, and a set is just a sound stage; they used a lot of them in the movie. It was hard work under hot lights, but so was any Technicolor movie; they had the same thing going on over at _Gone With the Wind_ and other color movies. The accidents were few and far between, however devastating they were, and neither Judy Garland nor anyone was deliberately tortured or mistreated.


On the bright side, Judy did make the right call by refusing to get involved with any future pyrotechnics considering the damage her stunt double immediately suffered afterwards. Still, it's utterly sick the torture all these actors had to go through. At least their best shall live on in history.

Thank Christ for CGI.

Bobbie Koshay didn't get injured by any pyrotechnics. And we're not talking about "torture" as deliberate mistreatment, it was just hard work. But welcome to the world of moviemaking; it's always been, and still is, a hard job.


09:33 By the way, you know who had to eat their food through a straw as well? Denise Nickerson. She wasn't allowed to get out of the blueberry costume, so she had to get producers feed her through a long straw in order to make her feel quenched and full.

Why would producers do that? More likely it was an on set assistant.


Fun fact: Judy Garland didn't know that the land of Oz would be in color, so her reaction in the film is totally real!

@MaskedMan66 it was a joke. Although it Wasn’t as funny as you not seeing that.

@Akiel Steewart I hope the OP doesn't really think that!

@MaskedMan66 The joke is that the commenter thinks the world was black and white back then. So he thinks that Judy was surprised that the place was in color, even tho everything everywhere was in color.

@MaskedMan66 it's a joke. The world wasn't black and white back then.

Yes, she did; in fact, everybody knew because it was announced in the press, and the cast were all briefed on the fact that the lights they would be using to achieve Technicolor would be hotter than the sort of studio lights they were used to. Her reaction to Munchkinland in the movie was acting.

lol was the room supposed to be painted black and white? Actually now that i think about it you're probably joking dont woosh me

@sleazyfellow I don't know, the Cold War had a lot of red and blue

Yeah only certain spots in the world actually had color to it back then. To just visit there cost an arm and a leg, literally. But hey after we killed Hitler and made the emperor Hirohito cry, color filtered throughout the land.

@James Green While I doubt the capacity to miss some big ass rainbow coloured wonderland inside a large studio warehouse, I'd imagine what he's trying to say is that because the movie was probably made wholly in color, the sepia part of it was an actual room painted in sepia, allowing the actress to visually track the sudden change to colour.

I’m assuming that this is a joke about real life being black and white?


The movie’s producers: “Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice we are willing to make”


Honestly, crying at this video. These stories are harrowing...

And in some cases, exaggerated, or indeed lied about. It was a tough job, and accidents did happen. But if you think "Wizard" is the only movie in history to have production problems, then you have much to learn.


Im really glad that I instantly recognized the 8-bit rendition of “Any Colour you Like” by Pink Floyd. Nice song choice.


It's funny how the title refers to the phenomenon where the pink floyd's dark side of the moon sounds eerily apt when played alongside the wizard of oz, also known as "the dark side of the oz"


It’s crazy how common these scenarios are in the entertainment industry. Crunch culture in the gaming industry is similar to this. I’ve heard of people in studios working over 80 hrs a week.

Edit: Thanks for all the likes lol

@dylan351321 people agree to work at jobs they despise because their only other option is to go homeless and die lol what

@cheekybananaboy  if you feel like a cog in a machine you need to develop a skill that has value. Capitalism is about mutual transactions between multiple parties. How much money are you willing to sell your time for. How much money is someone willing to give you for your time. Capitalism has flaws and isn’t a perfect system but it is by far the best and most effective that humans have ever tried. It’s way more than just “exploitation of the workers in practically every scenario”. Which itself isn’t true at all, considering almost every single employee ever has applied to work at the business for the posted wage/salary and agreed to the conditions of the job before ever even starting. You just sound upset because our current economic system you need a marketable and valuable skillset or knowledge to succeed, which you might not have. The internet is a fantastic place to learn new skills and try to improve your financial position. You just have to put in some effort.

@Cybernaut13 “lol everyone should be an entrepreneur 4head”

@cheekybananaboy Being an entrepreneur is the best of capitalism, in fact, if you hate your job, ask someone about entrepreneurship and personal finance.

thats capitalism for you lol. exploitation of the workers in practically every scenario. just a cog in a machine.

Still going strong 80 hours a week anywhere from -30 to 30 celsius Canada. My buddy is a game programmer and gets paid $80/hr working from home now, triple what I'm getting and a lot comfier. Maybe I should have gone to school..

I worked on Lone Ranger from January to October. I averaged 90 hours a week.

Construction too. I'm done with working 70 to 80 hours a week doing dangerous shit in 100 degree weather.


"Nowadays there are lots of ways to make someone look green"
Remember what they took from you.

"Nowadays there are lots of ways to make someone look green"
_Remember what they took from you._


Its really sad that the horrifying details about The Wizard of Oz are often presented as quirky movie trivia or fun facts like... "did you know the actor that played the TinMan was allergic to the makeup?? Did you know the wicked witch was accidentally set on fire"  instead of the negligent maiming/injury that it actually was.


I’m sorry for the pain this caused Jesus my heart!


Although this is very real and terrifying. It's not to say that this was uncommon in Hollywood production at the time.

There was very little worker protection at the time, this is just because it was such a popular movie.

Although it is a good video essay.

Holy shit, asbestos snow. The wounder material!


One of the reasons I hate Hollywood and I'm selective of any movie I watch


Me: oh look a documentary about the wizard of oz, guess I'll watch it<br>Me 20 minutes later: Is God real

Me: oh look a documentary about the wizard of oz, guess I'll watch it
Me 20 minutes later: Is God real


So, after watching this, I 100% believe the hanging munchkin story is real and not just an urban legend. Brought in crane my ass.

Watch the movie; throughout the Tin Woodman sequence, there are birds everywhere, including the saurus crane. Also, the sequence was completed before any of the Singer Midgets even set foot on the MGM lot.


the way he says "silence" with no grandeur but the flames still come up in the intro had me dying


He started talking about the Pyramids and I was like “how tf is he gonna tie this back into the Wizard of Oz”

Professor Marvel mentioned "the days of the Pharaohs of Egypt."


I don't think I can ever look at this movie the same way again. Learning all of this now just makes me feel sad ;(

Much of it is false, or at the very least exaggerated. And what truth there is has been known for decades. Here are three much more reliable sources of information: “The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz with an introduction by Margaret Hamilton, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman with an introduction by Jack Haley, Jr., and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman.


This is why you should all trust and not question the gods of Hollywood

There is nothing but good vibes and innocence in the heart of film

Could you imagine if Hollywood was full of pedophiles and demons? That sure would suck guys!!


I like how you managed to avoid mentioning pink floyd the whole video long and then in the last 3 minutes I start hearing what sounds like any colour you like


"Don't have to worry about a downward spiral if we're already at the bottom."<br>-Hollywood, probably

"Don't have to worry about a downward spiral if we're already at the bottom."
-Hollywood, probably

"Nonsense, hand my child slave a shovel." -Hollywood, most definitely

They're deep inside the downward spiral now.

And with the current trends, they're practically pioneers in reaching its bottom

@Fennil facts. true rock bottom is 8x6 down in the Earth....

There is no bottom, only the infinite void of the downward spiral.


Wizard of Oz really helped train Baby Boomers to ignore the suffering of others and overlook torture huh?


It's so weird to think of how many times I've seen the movie and this is the first time I'm hearing the bs that happened on set


"...it is art, not the artist, that stands the test of time..."<br>Don't mind me, just going to sit here and have a breakdown

"...it is art, not the artist, that stands the test of time..."
Don't mind me, just going to sit here and have a breakdown


It should be said, that the reason for the high movie goer rate was
a) there was hardly any other entertainment back then.
Books and Radio, which were fairly expensive by today's standards.
b) that sweet sweet air conditioning.

Books came in all prices, including the <b>penny</b> dreadfuls and comic books. Most people had radios in their homes. There was also live theater, vaudeville, and shows that people put on at home. But remember too that people weren't as dependent on-- or indeed addicted to-- entertainment as they are now. They did more in the way of living life and interacting with family and friends.

Books came in all prices, including the *penny* dreadfuls and comic books. Most people had radios in their homes. There was also live theater, vaudeville, and shows that people put on at home. But remember too that people weren't as dependent on-- or indeed addicted to-- entertainment as they are now. They did more in the way of living life and interacting with family and friends.


Jesus Hollywood, I thought there's a glimmer of light side in Hollywood. But nope, apparently it's all dark
They "injured" all of their actors for life permanently and they just walk away with it.

Respect for all people who documented this, respect for EmpLemon who researched and told us about this

@MaskedMan66 "They even went so far as to serve her only a bowl of soup and a plate of lettuce when she ordered a regular meal."  Source:  "10. Judy Garland: Ugly Duckling". Scandals of Classic Hollywood. New York: Plume (Penguin). pp. 157–78 [164, 166–69]. ISBN 978-0142180679.

@MaskedMan66 You seem very sure about everything. I'd like to see some documentation of my own about your claims of Bobbie Koshay or Judy only working four hours a day. I don't want to bother since you clearly don't. I'm pretty sure you live in an alternative reality from mine, and somehow we are able to communicate with YouTube comments despite living in parallel universes.

Edit: I found that your claim of Bobbie Koshay was correct, and also that she did not in fact smoke at the time. At least that's what I found on Wikipedia, which claimed this was in the book The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece by Oz historians Jay Scarfone and William Stillman.

@MaskedMan66 I've tried showing you proof, but it seems my comments with links have been deleted. Either that, you are just ignoring them. Either way, it's pretty easy to see a lot of sources with a simple internet search. Sources include her own unpublished autobiography.

@Edd I do indeed deny that anyone ever called her that. In the first place, the pigtails weren't her own. In the second place, show me some reputable documentation.

@Edd The more relevant question is, why do you think anything like that even happened?

She wasn't required to be "skinny," she was required to approximate a prepubescent child. Her height (4'11") and acting ability were already working toward that end, but she was, after all, a developing teen, so her curves had to be reduced or hidden, and it ended up being a bit of both.

She was put on a diet-- and not of chicken soup and black coffee-- and a regimen of physical activity in which her stunt double Bobbie Koshay, who had been on the 1928 Olympic swim team, took Judy swimming (Judy could swim a mile) and hiking, as well as playing tennis and badminton with her.

The amphetamines and barbiturates to which her mother had introduced her when she was 13 did not play a part in Judy's filming schedule for Wizard. Judy only worked for four hours a day.

@Edd The more relevant question is, why do you think anything like that even happened?

She wasn't required to be "skinny," she was required to approximate a prepubescent child. Her height (4'11") and acting ability were already working toward that end, but she was, after all, a developing teen, so her curves had to be reduced or hidden, and it ended up being a bit of both.

She was put on a diet-- and not of chicken soup and black coffee-- and a regimen of physical activity in which her stunt double Bobbie Koshay, who had been on the 1928 Olympic swim team, took Judy swimming (Judy could swim a mile) and hiking, as well as playing tennis and badminton with her.

The amphetamines and barbiturates to which her mother had introduced her when she was 13 did not play a part in Judy's filming schedule for _Wizard._ Judy only worked for four hours a day.

@Edd Mayer was not involved with the production of the movie, let alone with the activities of one performer; he had a studio to run. Judy ate solid food (vegetables primarily), did not smoke (she was an avid anti-smoker), and was not required to be skinny, just to appear less like the ripe teenager that she was and more like a prepubescent. As for the accidents, other films have had more-- and worse-- accidents.

@MaskedMan66 Head of MGM Louis Mayer forced Garland to eat nothing but chicken soup and smoke 80 cigarettes a day just to stay skinny. The rate of accidents was also far too high to be acceptable.

@Edd The way <i>Wizard</i> was made was the same way any movie was made. Accidents occurred and people were injured, but that's not "f***ed up," that's life.

@Edd The way _Wizard_ was made was the same way any movie was made. Accidents occurred and people were injured, but that's not "f***ed up," that's life.

@bohba13 SAG was founded five years before Wizard (and, for that matter, Gone With the Wind and the other 363 movies released in 1939) even began filming. One of its founders was Boris Karloff.

@bohba13 SAG was founded five years before _Wizard_ (and, for that matter, _Gone With the Wind_ and the other 363 movies released in 1939) even began filming. One of its founders was Boris Karloff.

The real respct is due the true chroniclers of the movie, namely Aljean Harmetz, John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman.

They didn't injure anybody; injuries happened, but it was all by accident, not design.

Hollywood back then had some light spots. It was a place to go to show your talent, a place for new opportunities. But people started getting greedy and that's what happened. Its not better today either.

@SuperWardBros no its not. End of discussion

@SuperWardBros they are seperate. Hollywood is just film and show

@Snowy the media isn't hollywood, but hollywood is media

One "light" side is the amount of positive utility we all get from watching Hollywood movies. The Wizard of Oz has lasting value, even if the way it was made was fucked up. As Stannis Baratheon once said, "the good does not wash out the bad, nor the bad the good."

@Snowy google it. there should be more than enough pages of stories like these.

@Snowy Hollywood is still a hell hole. They will take actors' sexualities and market it. They'll turn a blind eye to literal slavery and concentration camps. They took movements like Me Too, even though they were the ones who They will never give child actors/actresses real childhoods, making them grow up without a reasonable sense on who is their friend and who isn't. Sure, it's not as bad as then, but it's still a shitshow

@blah blah again this hasnt happened to most people now. i dont see anything like that.

@blah blah how a i defending hollywood? i know there is pedophiles in it. al im saying is that you are making claims that only happened 100 years ago

@blah blah ok? Anecdotes dont equal the majority.

@My fellow Sonic fans hollywood was starting around then. Hollywood isnt much like that anymore

@blah blah thats not cause of hollywood. Thats cause she was a child trying to handle fame.

You’ll hear these stories within literally any older popular movie.

This is in the 30s. In over a 100 years lots have changed. Workers rights grew. Its better and maybe needs to get even better.

This is why SAG was founded. While extreme, stories like this were common.


That‘s just the dark truth of humanity in General. You find this all over the place if you look close enough. I wonder just how many people die and/or suffer indirectly because of greed.


Very interesting. Well put together as well 👏


This is the best Wizard of Oz piece I've ever seen. Very tasteful,  well done and EmpLemmmmmmmminz AKA The Golden Gnu AKA Jimmy Roastbiff  AKA Mista Sizzzla goes above and beyond with source and research.  🏴☠🍺⚡🍺🏴☠

If you want to see the fruits of real research, read these books: "The Making of The Wizard of Oz" (1977) by Aljean Harmetz with an introduction by Margaret Hamilton, "The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History" (1989) by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman with an introduction by Jack Haley, Jr., and "The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece" (2019) by Scarfone and Stillman.


"How dare you have a severe reaction to aluminum paint you're fired."


I had known about Margaret and Judy’s treatment but I never realised the whole cast were treated so terribly. Now I’m wondering whether the flying monkeys were ok in their costumes...

@Not Applicable They used regular harnesses, but one or two still broke.

It wasn't a matter of "mistreatment," it was a matter of hard work. The Winged Monkeys were just fine in their costumes; they were ordinary animal costumes. In fact, Pat Walshe, who played the WWW's wingless familiar Nikko, was famous for doing an astonishingly convincing chimpanzee impression using a hair suit and very little make-up.

Well, supposedly, during sequences of them flying, rather than use the normal wire harnesses, the crew used a thinner line to better hide the strings on camera. As a result, a lot of the wires broke


Personally I think the worst of all this was the life long drug problem they forced upon Dorthy


Excellent documentary on a beloved classic!


bet most of the budget for the film went into paying hospital bills instead of the actual filming sets and props


All of this is just heartbreaking to listen to. I never knew that this timeless and highly-regarded film had SO MUCH dark history behind it, and I sincerely hope that present-day film-making has LESS dark behind-the-scenes drama that I don’t even know about, especially since most behind-the-scenes drama in entertainment is EASIER to catch wind of now.

By the way, I REALLY enjoy all of your analysis videos! Would you ever consider making any of the following videos in the future?

- Have Movies been on a Downward Spiral?
- Has Animation been on a Downward Spiral?
- There Will NEVER Be Another Online Game Like Club Penguin
- There Will NEVER Be Another Gaming Franchise Like LittleBigPlanet
- There Will NEVER Be Another Gaming Franchise Like Super Smash Bros.
- Disney’s Plague on Modern Entertainment
- The Influences of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- The Influences of Harry Potter
- Nintendo and Sony’s Decades-Long Rivalry


"Dark Side" of hollywood. Yeah well that's a massive dark side considering what's been revealed about it.


It's crazy to think that the sexual harassment in the production was the least of these actors/actresses problems.<br>Humiliation and mental scarring seem trivial when the sets your on and the conditions you're in could literally kill you.

It's crazy to think that the sexual harassment in the production was the least of these actors/actresses problems.
Humiliation and mental scarring seem trivial when the sets your on and the conditions you're in could literally kill you.

@MaskedMan66 Lmfao getting groped is just "tough love" ig. You can't just debunk Louis B. Mayer's thoroughly documented history of sexual abuse by simply being like "I doubt it."

There was no sexual harassment, no humiliation, and no mental scarring. It was just hard work. But people were tough back then, certainly tougher than people are now. Another thing: stepping out your front door could "literally" kill you.


The making of Oz was horrific and all that but I’m more worried about masked man66’s mental health. U ok?


It's heartbreaking that a childish magical happy world has a background of toxic materials and abuse.

@Paolo You'd be surprised.

Only Margaret Hamilton's make-up, and presumably that of the other Winkies, had the potential for toxicity because of the copper in it which gave it its green color. But she suffered no ill effects from it, and presumably, neither did the Winkies (although one of them had his prosthetic nose start melting while he was drinking a cup of hot tea).

The Tin Woodman make-up was aluminum-based, and seeing as how we store food and cook with aluminum, obviously no worries about anything toxic there.

@MaskedMan66 Yeah, but you usually dont find toxic stuff on people's mouth and faces

You'll find toxic substances in pretty much any workplace. There was no abuse, only difficulties and the occasional accident.

Hollywood's Golden Age was always formed on the backs of the actors and actresses who suffered years of abuse, racism and sexism.

It hasn't changed all that much now. The only difference is that Hollywood pretends to virtue signal while still being just as rotten as the executives from those many years ago.

And now big techs of silicon valley, Google Facebook, Twitter, Amazon have monopoly on...not just on entertainment, but all sphere of life!<br>Yet, still no intervention or talks of mitigating that problem...

And now big techs of silicon valley, Google Facebook, Twitter, Amazon have monopoly on...not just on entertainment, but all sphere of life!
Yet, still no intervention or talks of mitigating that problem...


I'm not sure how asbestos would cause an explosion. It was in use because it's just about the best thermal insulator we've found.


Love the use of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side in this.


another really good example of how badly child stars are treated is Bobby Driscoll, whose story would be a really interesting video. One of Disney's first contract actors, he was part of some big movies of Disney's early era (Song of the South, Treasure Island, and especially Peter Pan), but as soon as he hit puberty, he was dropped hard, weeks after Peter Pan came out. He fell into a spiral of drug use and depression, until he lost his life at 31.


Fuck me I was vaguely aware of some of this, but just to hear it all laid out like this, the constant, non-stop cascade of shit that was thrown on these poor actors is just fucking with my head. It's like watching an episode of Black Mirror.


The entire time I was like “This can’t get any worse right?” And then it got worse

Bear in mind that (a) moviemaking has always been a tough business and (b) much of what's in this video has been exaggerated to insane degrees. Some of the info here is false.

"Okay it can't get any worse, right? I mean they pretty much turned the broom into a homemade pipe bomb and made her ride on it before it exploded"

Emp : "it's thought this was caused by covering the pipe with asbestos, which was also used in the snow for one of the scenes"

I kept on thinking of TF2.
"There's more.."
"No..."


The ending has a bit of a dangerous narrative. You make it sound as if any work that can stand the test of time is worth of any damage received by the people that made it just as long as they say they're ok with it. Like an abused housewife in a neoliberal wetdream.


emp's style of advertising Keeps is a good impression of the way industries guilt you today lol


"Toxic chemicals are the shit and fuck skincare"<br>-the producers of the film, apparently

"Toxic chemicals are the shit and fuck skincare"
-the producers of the film, apparently


Dude I didn’t know you were friends with rusty! That’s awesome.


And while all of this horror was happening, there were people living in the horror of poverty and lack of food. the '20s and 30s were fucking horrible

Notice how everything bad always happens in the 20’s

Thanks for your knowledge, Tainted Keeper from The binding of Isaac.

Of course you would take great depression seriously, your normal counterpart literally unlocked in greed mode after all.

@Guru Unless a catastrophe set us back years of progress, knowing that the future will be brighter is a good source of hope right now

20 years down the line from today, people will likely say "the 2010s and 2020s were fucking horrible"... And so on, and so on. The cycle repeats.

@A Fellow Human Didn't you know? Like Dr. K, I'm everywhere!

@sean vasquez What I said stands. Economic restoration took some time, but the actual state of depression was over in 1933. Hollywood turned out 365 movies in 1939, a record that has not been matched since. Obviously things were going well financially for them if for no-one else. And people did still go to the movies; there are photos of people lined up around the block to see "Wizard." There were always huge crowds for the big premieres, wherever they occurred in the country.

Yes, there were production troubles, but that was not a situation unique to "Wizard." And many of those have been exaggerated to ridiculous proportions by sensationalists and rumormongers. There were accidents. There was discomfort. But welcome to the world of moviemaking; there are still such things to endure nowadays. The people involved in the movie were very proud of the finished result, and you could not find bigger fans of it than Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, and Margaret Hamilton.

@MaskedMan66 Well that's both true and not true at the same time. Is it true that people were getting close to being back to normal. However it took until world war 2 when the great depression finally ended and soon after the war was over the economy recovered. And also after all the production troubles that the movie had to go through is horror truly not enough for you?

No, the Depression had ended six years before, and while there were lasting effects, life had pretty much got back to normal. And the making of "Wizard" had its difficulties, but "horror" doesn't really apply.


I love the 8 bit rendition of Any Color You Like at the end, good touch


@pedroks7756 Agreement and disagreement are irrelevant here. All I'm doing is sharing the long-established truth.

@Slapstick Genius In those days, the world was still sorting out human rights; women had been granted the right to vote in the U.S.A. just 19 years before "Wizard's" release, for instance.

But child labor laws, for which people like Charles Dickens had been campaigning since the middle of the 19th century, had solidly come into play. Because of California's child labor laws, Judy Garland was only permitted to work for four hours of the eight-hour filming day. She had at least two hours for school with the on-set tutor, and the rest was free time.

@MaskedMan66 ohh. They were nonexistent. I get it.

@Star Studio What? We've worn animal bits for millennia.

Were animal rights much weaker than they are now?

@madden8021 Never in your entire life, eh? Fair enough. Still, people have worn animal skin, fur, and whatever all else for as long as we've worn anything, so Mr. Lahr's costume ain't no big thang.

@MaskedMan66 Nah, I use Sandals and sneaker Shoes to a usual work belt that was all <b>MADE IN CHINA</b>

@MaskedMan66 Nah, I use Sandals and sneaker Shoes to a usual work belt that was all *MADE IN CHINA*

@madden8021 Do you wear leather shoes? Or leather belts?

This has been known for decades. People have worn bits of animals ever since we've been wearing anything.

Yeep, Animal Rights activist didn't exist yet so having your exotic clothing made out of animal fur and hydes were big and common back then.

Same issue as to how Ivory were used in pianos, drums using calf skin, string instruments used something out of cats and whatever else used instruments from dead and or stolen items from those poor innocent animals

Heck, circuses still use live exotic animals which are still being abused behind the big tent from the public, vet and government view.

At least studios "both TV and Movie" today are starting to opt in for the use of Digitized and 3d renderd animals than live animals.


I just slipped a Downward Spiral into a paper I'm writing.

Thanks for making great content.


EmpLemon is one of the true gems of YouTube. Please keep making this sort of content. We all want to spiral down the drain!


Came from mizkifs react video, looks like great content and cant wait to watch your videos before he does haha<br>But seriously this is so messed up and I appreciate the research involved in this.

Came from mizkifs react video, looks like great content and cant wait to watch your videos before he does haha
But seriously this is so messed up and I appreciate the research involved in this.


This video is honestly super scary to me. Psychological and physical abuse for entertainment. This is a real life horror story that shook my core.


My grandpa introduced me to the movie as a kid and I loved it, watched it a ton. When I watched it again recently I was thinking about how the cowardly lion gave me closeted vibes. idk why lol


At this point, i begin to think that one of the munchkins did really commit suicide on the set.

At this point, you've been subjected to a lot of sensationalist hooey. Nobody committed suicide.


It's ironic that these powerful people treated these actors .
Especially in the same year that a war would be started over how their people were being treated .
Really makes you think.


God dang I bet the lady playing Dorthy did such a good job because being so loopy she actually thought she WAS in Oz as Dorthy.


Seeing Rusty Cage was an unexpected treat


Thank you emplemon for your fresh takes 🙏


the more you grow up, the more you realize that everything you idolized has a very dark side along it.

"Never meet your heroes," as the saying goes. :(

@Nathan Hernandez Use your words; I don't speak emoji.

@Nernx Ultima As far as I know, it doesn't. At all.

@Sam Tinkle Only if you're looking cross-eyed.

No, not really. Unfortunate incidents involved in the production of some works of art are common.

The more you realize life is life and it's been like this way before you were born.

Indeed right gangsta spongebob, what a tragedy

The more you grow up, the more you realize that cheese is expensive.

Greatness usually has a cost. It's a sad truth

Usually starts with your own parents. :)

And the closer you look at things, the more the bad guys look like good guys and the more the good guys look like bad guys.

Mr. Roger's Neighborhood better not even...


Number 15, The Wizard of Oz is one of the most iconic films in the history of cinema

Number Ten on the American Film Institute's top 100 movies of all time. 🙂


That was the best ad I've ever seen in a YouTube video. Well done guys.