#hunk wizard of oz

[buffyfan145]

I had a thought yesterday thinking again about if you add back in the original romance storyline between Dorothy and the Scarecrow's Kansas variant Hunk that was supposed to happen in the 1939 "Wizard of Oz" movie that it is very similar to Elphaba and Fiyero's relationship in the "Wicked" musical. 😀 Again for those that don't know the DVD bonus features years ago confirmed Dorothy and Hunk were originally supposed to be 16 and 18 years old and classmates, with Hunk getting ready to go off to college and it was his last summer working on the farm. They were going to end the movie with Dorothy realizing that she also had feelings for him too, which the original lyrics to "If I Only Had a Brain" revealed Hunk's feelings for Dorothy and that he felt like he wasn't worthy of her (likely also told this too by others maybe even Dorothy's uncle Henry) until he got his brain/schooling. It made me realize that this fits Elphaba and how she feels about Fiyero and that she could never be with someone like him and them also being classmates. I've seen posts compare Dorothy and Elphaba too and I totally see it as well, but when you add this plot back in the ships also are very similar and since both Hunk and Fiyero are variants of each other and both Dorothy and Elphaba get one. Even though the romance was scrapped in the 1939 movie you can easily still see some of it there as they did film some scenes before the scrapped the original ending, especially when they filmed some with Buddy Ebsen, who played the original Tim Man before he got sick from the costume and they had to recast, as there's behind the scenes pictures that clearly show Dorthy and The Scarecrow looking more like a couple. I've always shipped Dorothy and Hunk/The Scarecrow since I was little picking up on it and the "I'll miss you most of all" scene and how she touched his face when she woke up in Kansas, and then when "Wicked" came out I loved that Fiyero was The Scarecrow too and was Elphaba's love interest too. So I just started thinking of these similarities again thanks to the movie and re-watching the 1939 movie and can't help but wonder when they made the musical for Broadway if that was done a bit on purpose, and why I'm also curious how they're going to do the 2nd movie as it'll also have Dorothy in it too.

[fun-twisted-tales]

For context, there’s an episode where Oz starts to have things replaced by things in Kansas. Now, since they are being replaced by their Kansas counterpart, this would have been the perfect opportunity for the farmhands to show up, especially since Scarecrow got hit.

But noooooooo, he had to be replaced by an inanimate object. Can we get an F in the chat, boys?

Tw suggestive lyrics

[buffyfan145]

I finally just saw this on YT last night after looking up clips from their "Wizard of Oz" movie since seeing "Wicked" back on Sunday and getting back into the Dorothy/Scarecrow ship I've had since I was little. Have no idea how I didn't know about him showing up on her 60s TV show and this was after they talked and sang "If I Only Had a Brain" with the original lyrics. For those that don't know the movie was going to originally end with Dorothy and Hunk confessing their feelings for each other and promising to write while he was off at college (she was supposed to be 16 and him just turned 18) implying that they'd end up married in the future. So this looks like Dorothy and Hunk decades later. 🥰

Here's the original last verse of the song implying how he felt for her:

"I would not be just a muffin', My head all full of stuffin', My heart all full of pain; And perhaps I'd deserve you and be Even worthy of you If I only had a brain."

Ray Bolger and Judy Garland, (1960s) from “The Judy Garland Show”

[ichiwashername-o]

Just thinking about if we included the farmhands on the Gale farm in the 1939 movie, and have them look like Dorothy's Oz pals like they did there. Specifically thinking about Fiyero's reaction if Hunk ended up in Oz at some point...

Oh boy, are you in for a treat when I post my fanfics :3

[lillifaba]

Rewatching the WOZ 1939 film and I'm realizing that Hunk is kind of a himbo

Clearly, Stephen Schwartz got his inspiration from the OG

[goldiesay]

Rewatched one of my childhood movies❤️

[milestonekestrel]

I love them

[straw-for-brains]

Nic Greenshields as Zeke Benjamin Yates as Hunk Aviva Tulley as Dorothy Aston Merrygold as Hickory

[nardeletuane]

[spinachbobsquarepants]

Ok I can't stop thinking about Wicked!Hunk and Hickory I love them. Just silly little farmhands who are in love in another universe and probably this one too.

Just thinking about how Wicked being set in the 1939 movie implies the existence of Wicked universe farmhands and miss Gulch.

[buffyfan145]

I mentioned in an older post I'm finally reading the Ray Bolger biography by Holly Van Leuven, which is great telling all of Ray's life and his career with so much I never read before and I'll do a full review when I'm finished soon, and I just got to the "Wizard of Oz" chapter and everything that happened during prep, filming, and release of it, and she actually did mention the abandoned plot about how Dorothy and Hunk (The Scarecrow's Kansas version) were supposed to be love interests and high school classmates. She even confirmed they did film the original slower temp version of "If I Only Had a Brain" (which the audio of the song is on YouTube) where it included the lyrics that was actually Hunk confessing his feelings for Dorothy via The Scarecrow "Maybe I'd deserve and be even worthy of ya, if I only had a brain" as he was getting ready to go off to college in Kansas, which wakes up Dorothy to realize her feelings for him too.

I was very glad to see Holly did include this (as well as more about Ray and Judy's lifelong friendship after filming the movie) since she had access to Ray and his wife Gwen's papers and personal collection in various libraries, as there's still a lot that don't believe that really was part of the film originally (though there's so many parts of the movie where you can tell it was still there till it was written out of the ending) even though it was revealed on the DVD bonus features in 2005 and there were articles about it, and there's hints "Wicked" partly used it for the musical and the Elphaba/Fiyero ship. I've always loved the Dorothy/Scarecrow ship, especially with it being her friend back in Kansas, that I hope one day a writer explores this more in whatever form. So now this book counts as an actual written source for those that need it. 😀

[fun-twisted-tales]

TIME WARNER!! DROP MORE FARMHAND CONTENT AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!

[incorrectclassicbookquotes]

When Dorothy is telling them about her dream she should also mention that she likes Hunk/Scarecrow best.

[the-patchwork-girl-of-oz]

I had a head cannon that Hickory/tin man from the 1939 version of Wizard of Oz did drag just based on his vibes so I looked up “Jack Haley in drag” just to see if anything would come up and lo and behold

everyone should think about all their favorite characters doing drag. it’s healthy

[the-patchwork-girl-of-oz]

Farmhands slacking on the job

[andawfulsentimental]

Hate that, rather than choose a normal Wizard of Oz character to fixate on, I went with the most niche ones possible. Like what is