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NBC’s <i>Emerald City</i> Takes Dorothy to a Darker Oz

The influence of <em>Game of Thrones</em> is palpable in this edgy new network drama.
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The minute that Dorothy Gale (Adria Arjona) first enters the Land of Oz in by way of a tornado, yes, but also an abandoned cop car and a couple of bloodied corpses—you might wonder whether the show’s primary influence is L. Frank Baum or With its sweeping shots of otherworldly landscapes, the giant effigies of warriorslooming over coastal cities, and the fur-clad tribesman and ethereal but steely women, clearly had the HBO show in mind when Call it the Wizard of Westeroz, if you will.

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