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Beau responds to hate mail, clarifying misconceptions about "The Wizard of Oz" while challenging the allure of conspiracy theories in seeking order within chaos.
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The full transcript provides a detailed exploration of misinterpretations and conspiracy theories, urging critical thinking and a deeper understanding of literary works.
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Well, howdy there, internet people.
It's Bo again.
So today, we are going to talk about The Wizard of Oz
and books and the film and which one is better.
And we're going to do this because recently I
made the comment that there is no man behind the curtain.
The world is just a chaotic place,
something along those lines.
And that apparently really bothered somebody.
And I got what may be the funniest piece of hate mail
I have ever received in my life.
So I feel obligated to share it with you all.
So I'll read it.
I'm going to crack a couple of jokes,
but there's also a point here.
You're everything that's wrong with America.
You know it's going to be good.
They're always good when they start off with that.
Uneducated ignorant gay hillbillies like you catering to a woke agenda are the problem.
You said there is no man behind the curtain trying to tell people there wasn't a plan
by them to get Trump.
But there was a man behind the curtain.
Why don't you kick off your ruby slippers and let me explain.
In the book, which I'm sure you've never read, there was a man behind the curtain.
Don't tell people there's no man behind the curtain.
Don't destroy that wonderful line.
You're actually saying pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, which was the
lie he told to distract them.
I never watch the movie because they always mess up books.
They'll come for you too eventually.
I'm sure watching that not-a-nice-word-for-gay-people movie is what messed you up.
Read more, Redneck.
If you had read the book, you probably would not be enjoying the company of men and shoving
that ruby slipper someplace other than my foot.
And then it launches into an incredibly descriptive and pretty detailed fantasy, I guess, maybe?
Or at least what he believes I do for fun.
Which I mean, whatever, but I feel like if you're going to send me a message like this
you should probably buy me dinner first.
Okay, so, you're right.
You're right.
I did watch the movie.
I did, in fact, watch the movie.
But I also read the book.
I did.
I've read the book.
You haven't, though.
You didn't.
You watched the movie.
I don't know why you framed it this way.
Trying to make it, you know.
I don't know that reading Wizard of Oz
is something that's gonna like impress people.
certainly doesn't impress somebody through like an anonymous message to a
person on YouTube but you you definitely did not read the book you watched the
movie and this is important that we have to establish that this is true if you
had read the book and not watched the movie you wouldn't be talking about ruby
slippers you'd be talking about silver ones because they were silver in the
book they became ruby for the movie because the movie was in color and
silver was gray black and white you know so that they did that the line that you
are so attached to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain is not in
the book it's not in the book because that there's not a curtain in the book
in fact the word curtain is not in the book anywhere it was a screen it was
tipped over by the dog, not pulled back. You definitely watched the movie. So it's
important to establish that little part of it, is that you definitely
watched the movie. Now when I said that, I was referencing the movie too because I
don't think watching Wizard of Oz makes you enjoy the company of men. But
But, here's the thing, in the movie, there is no man behind the curtain.
Even though you see it, it's all in her head.
It was a dream.
There actually wasn't a man behind the curtain.
It's something that she made up, like most dreams, trying to make sense of the chaos.
to find order. Human beings like patterns, their brains love patterns, and they try to
find them. The reason people seek out and find conspiracy theories everywhere they look
is because they see these patterns,
they see the same names show up.
Or maybe they can link something to a name
that they have decided is a bad person, or whatever.
Because they look for the patterns.
And those patterns create these theories.
And these theories make people feel comfortable.
They make them feel like there is somebody
control, that the world isn't scary and chaotic, that there's a plan, when there's
kind of not. You have a whole bunch of different people with competing
interests normally out for themselves. Yeah, a lot of the richer people they
they know each other and yeah they do deals with each other because generally
speaking, as people on the bottom, we don't have a whole lot to offer them. So
those with more money, more power coupons, they tend to associate with each other
because they're the only other people that can make deals with each other at
that level. Do they at times coordinate and, you know, do things to benefit
themselves? Of course they do. Of course they do. That's kind of how they got the
power coupons to begin with. But the idea that there is some grand conspiracy,
It's kind of like Dorothy's dream.
It's just making sense of the chaos.
Interestingly enough, had you actually read the book, you would kind of have a point because
the dream sequence doesn't exist in the book.
But I'm fairly certain you've never read it.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
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