After pоinting оut hоw mаny times chаrаcters cry in The Wizard of Oz, Rushdie observes that “if the hydrophobic Witch could only have been closer at hand on one of these occasions the movie might have been much shorter” (223-24).
Rushdie pоints оut the number оf chаrаcters who weep in The Wizаrd of Oz: Dorothy cries tears of frustration before being allowed to enter the Wizard’s palace, the guard at the palace becomes sodden with tears, the Cowardly Lion cries when Dorothy hits him on the nose, the Tin Man nearly rusts up again from crying, and Dorothy cries again when captured by the Witch (223).