#the oz

[tzarmuha]

This mini sketch is dedicated to a very touching moment from Volkov’s book about Urfin Jues' second invasion of the Emerald City. After the capture of Scarecrow and Tinman, Urfin tried to persuade them to turn over to his side. The pleas did not help, and after that Scarecrow was taken to a damp prison, where he became soiled and very tired. After Urfin sent Tinman and Scarecrow to a separate prison in the barn. Scarecrow was very exhausted and Tinman took it to the handles and carried it all the way to the barn. I tried to translate this paragraph and insert it into the comic. (I cried at that moment)

[joleneillustrates]

guess who watched wicked

[gnfnr4life]

"To be a liar, you've got to have a great memory, and I don't have a memory."

-- Ozzy Osbourne

[blackwomanvibes]

The Wiz

PHENOMENAL PIECE OF BLACK QUEER ART.

Truly a must see experience! 👩🏾‍🍳💋

I saw The Oz last night and the production was truly a masterpiece of Black Queer Art. You will laugh hearty, feel deeply and shout IKTR. Ease on down Washington Street to see this theater art before the cast heads to Houston!

#TheOz #Theater #BlackQueer #Asexual #aroace #citizensoperahouse #musical

[secattention]

A HIDDEN WORLD THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO SEE

Things they don't want you to comprehend. A great many things are connected in this world to to the past as they will be to the future. Source: Learn Something New Today on Brand New Tube

[rolloroberson]

The OZ Obscenity Trials

Australian journalist Richard Neville, central editor of Oz magazine, with his girlfriend Louise Ferrier in London in September 1966.

During the life of Australian OZ, Sharp, Neville, and Walsh were charged twice with printing an obscene publication. The first trial was relatively minor but they pleaded guilty, which resulted in their convictions being recorded. As a result, when they were charged with obscenity a second time, their previous convictions meant that the new charges were considerably more serious.

The charges centred on two items in the early issues of OZ — one was Sharp's ribald poem "The Word Flashed Around The Arms", which satirised the contemporary habit of youths gatecrashing parties; the other offending item was the famous photo (used on the cover of OZ #6) that depicted Neville and two friends pretending to urinate into a Tom Bass sculptural fountain, set into the wall of the new P&O office in Sydney, which had recently been opened by the Prime Minister Robert Menzies.

Sharp, Neville, and Walsh were tried, found guilty, and given prison sentences. Their convictions caused a public outcry and they were subsequently acquitted on appeal.

[tuesdayzgone]

Ozzy appreciation post 💙