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Wicked star Ariana Grande slammed for misunderstanding meaning of 'queer' in original Wizard Of Oz books
The 31-year-old pop star made the remarks while promoting her new movie Wicked - a two-part film adaptation of the 2003 Broadway musical of the same name.
'Don’t let them read Lord of the Rings,' remarked one observer drily, referring to the close friendship between that book's male characters Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee, which some fans joke has gay connotations. L. Frank Baum published his original children's book The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz in 1900, introducing readers to such iconic characters as Glinda, the Wicked Witch Of The West, Dorothy Gale, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion. L. Frank Baum's original novel was adapted into the iconic 1939 movie The Wizard Of Oz with Judy Garland, and then into the 1975 all-black Broadway musical The Wiz, which later became a film starring Michael Jackson and Diana Ross.
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