(Sorry for this, but this isn't about what you like, okay?)
One of the things only those close to me know (and now everyone) is how much I despise The Wizard of Oz.
Not the book, the movie. I saw the movie when I was a child and it turned me off ever seeking out the book to see what I missed. It was that bad for me. I didn't like the characters, I didn't enjoy the story, I found it frightening and uncomfortable and weird. The design, the actors, the costumes, the sets, the dialogue, the whole picture just rubbed me wrong.
And it hit home, too. The Cowardly lion wished madly for courage, kind of like me.
I wish I had been braver. I think it's too late.
