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Originally Posted by Kitalpha Hart

The Wizard of Oz was intended to be a political alegory. What were Dorothy's slippers and the Yellow Brick Road supposed to represent? (Double points if you can name the president being criticized and the character representing him.)

Dunno if it's the one you're going for, but the silver slippers were meant to represent the silver backed money, while the Golden Brick Road repped the gold backed money
Silver was seen by the author as better, so the slippers guided Dorothy over the damaged road easily while her companions were stumbling and tripping over the damaged road
I think farmers wanted silver to also keep backing because then the money had more value to them, while city rich people wanted it to be just gold to be better for them? Something to that effect? It's been a while so I can't remember off the top of my head

They became ruby in the movie because ruby looked better than silver in technicolor
And if you look closely you can see that she isn't actually always wearing them, but rather a pair of brown shoes

Originally Posted by Merskelly Metalien

What was the Incredible Hulk's original color? (For double points, what version of the Hulk sports it now?)

His original color was red and now Red Hulk sports the look! :D Is that correct or totally wrong?

Originally Posted by Major

Originally Posted by Merskelly Metalien

Goldmember is a tongue-in-cheek parody of what other film?

I wanna say, Goldfinger 007? x}

Originally Posted by Kitalpha Hart

I think you missed the Scarlet Letter being answered >.>"

Originally Posted by Kitalpha Hart

I think you missed the Scarlet Letter being answered >.>"

Originally Posted by trystan830

How is was the Angel Virus spread, and why did it affect how the universe assaulted by it eat their pizzas?

not sure this is what you're looking for (since i'm unfamiliar with what did come up in my search BUT):
in the Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison, scientists did some tweaking to the genetic makeup of the T4 Angel tomato. i think it's original intention was to make the plant hardier so it would grow where it normally wouldn't. but instead the resulting tweaking created a virus - the T4 Angel Virus - that killed about 25% of the population in what the author called The Turn.

ignoring the fact that the supernatural creatures (vamps, werewolves, witches) now revealed themselves, it made the humans very wary of anything made with tomatoes... including pizza. pretty sure one of the well-known pizza places was owned by a vampire and most humans stayed FAR away from it. :)

Originally Posted by trystan830

Who is credited with the original fictional depiction of Dracula?

Bram Stoker, 1897