Sing And Dances In The Film 'The Wizard Of Oz'
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Another convention of this film is that it provides a musical convention. The characters sing and dances in the film. It is a way that the narrative solves the issue by letting the characters confront the issue. In The Wizard of Oz, this happens by allowing Dorothy return to her home in Kansas. In the scene where Dorothy meets the scarecrow, both of the characters start to sing, “If I Only Had a Brain” and then scarecrow starts to dance as he sings the song. “ The Wizard of Oz led the American Film Institute’s list of 100 best movie songs”. (Germain, D. (2004, June 23)). One of the film’s most beloved songs is “over the Rainbow, sung by Judy Garland”, it was “picked as the top song in United States cinema in voting by about 1,500 actors,