![]() Thanks also to Pat Rios for assisting with the install and Maurizzio Hector Pineda. As urban myths go, the one about the suicidal Munchkin, supposedly visible dangling from a tree as Dorothy, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man meander down the. A group of children will be swaying back and forth. ![]() If you look closely in the background of the trees (sort of near the ground) you will see it happen. The hanging 'munchkin' Many dwarves were also cast as a series of characters named Munchkins. This opportunity was made possible by the Torrance Art Museum and the Director Max Presneill. Supposedly one of the actors who played a munchkin killed himself by hanging. The story says that he was upset because the female munchkin that he loved didnt feel the same way for him. The installation also included Robert Evans: 'King of the Mountain' 1966 – 1974 (2012) and two video works, Polanski's Baby (2013) and Barbra Streisand Portrait Bender, Las Vegas: Fear and Loathing Returns to the Flamingo (2014). Some say that a distraught munchkin hanged himself. There is a rumor going around that somewhere in the background of a scene in THE WIZARD OF OZ there can be seen a man hanging, corpse-like, amid the. The Wizard of Oz Hanging Munchkin Scene So, perhaps someone came up with the story by conflating these events and allegations with the glimpse of the bird spreading its wings looking a bit like someone hanging. The work was installed at Highland Gardens Hotel in Hollywood as part of the stArtup Art Fair. ![]() The sculpture installation also features a looped video of the scene from the Wizard of Oz that inspired the rumor. It is a symbol of the non passive ways audiences consume and participate in narratives. There is a very popular theory that surrounds the classic movie The Wizard of Oz and that theory, is that one of the munchkins had lost his love commited. The Hanged Munchkin is an example of a fan generated narrative being projected onto a film. The rumors are unfounded, the figure is apparently the silhouette of a bird, a number of which were on loan from the LA Zoo and roaming the set freely. The story goes that he was driven to despair over his unrequited love of a fellow munchkin actress. The rumor gained traction in the 80's when the film was released on VHS, The famous rumor is based on the figure in the background of the Tim Man scene that audience's believed was a munchkin hanging himself. This sculpture is based on the rumor that an actor playing a munchkin committed suicide on the set of 1939's The Wizard of Oz. Continuing on from our Dark Side of the Rainbow piece, here we cover another urban legend in relation to the Wizard of Oz.Often termed the munchkin suicide.
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