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Oz is China

Shanghai Puppet Theatre

  • Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023
Shanghai Puppet Theatre

The Wizard of Oz in China?

Wizard of Oz Shanghai Puppet Theatre
Stories with giant disembodied heads, sometimes floating...

Stories with giant disembodied heads, sometimes floating...

It is a curious thing: there are giant disembodied heads that pop up in stories. What's the symbolism here? I'm not thinking of giant video screens or holographs (The Wizard of Oz, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Star Wars). I'm thinking real giant heads. The biggest of
Feb 22, 2026 3 min read
Leonardo da Vinci: wedding planner, and Isabella d'Este

Leonardo da Vinci: wedding planner, and Isabella d'Este

One of those little known things about Leonardo da Vinci is that at age 40 he was hired as a wedding planner. While it confirms that he was a man of many talents, it also shows a man who enjoyed life and it contradicts the popular image of him as
Feb 15, 2026 4 min read
Gen Z and psychic anxiety: blame boomers

Gen Z and psychic anxiety: blame boomers

I believe young people are almost invariably right about political matters and that older people are almost invariably wrong. I am old but I'm right about this. I like to think I'm a fox who can be a hedgehog too [ ]. I believe Gen Z are psychically
Feb 7, 2026 3 min read
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  • A Tale of Two Women
  • The Age of Consent
  • Alice's Mirrors
  • Angel Incarnate
  • Beauty & the Beast
  • Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
  • From Russia with Love
  • Homer's Women
  • The House of Incest
  • How to Look at a Naked Lady
  • Immortal Beloved
  • The Judgment of Paris
  • Kama Sutra
  • Letters from Africa
  • Life as Opera
  • Loki's Children
  • Oz is China
  • Poison Pen Letters
  • Precious Bodily Fluids
  • Sacred Prostitute
  • Spinster
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Splendour in the Grass
  • The Town Square
  • Vampires in Venice
  • Voices and Saints
  • The Whore's Revenge
  • The Woman in the Bower
  • Women in Trousers
  • About the Author
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