One red shoe, one white shoe. The white hats getting rid of the red shoe club members? (Damn, and that's the first time it struck me that those ruby red shoes may have been written in the story on behest of the adrenochrome beasts).

'The book, 'Wonderful Wizard of Oz,' was a political allegory for American politics at the dawn of the 20th century. Dorothy represents the nobility and innocence of middle America. The Tin Man is industry. The Scarecrow is agriculture. Mr. Baum depicted the bimetallism argument of the late 19th century between Eastern capitalist lenders and Midwestern farmer-borrowers, a colorful metaphor. The city Dorothy and friends seek is emerald green like money; the fraudulent Oz hides behind green shades; the fed. The yellow brick and Dorothy's silver slippers represent the argument over whether the United States should have a gold and silver or gold only currency standard. The ruby slippers worn in the film version are indeed a departure from the original book.'

Is this like Ingersoll Lockwood?

u/humblepede

Thomas X?

Isn't Melanie wearing that same color at the funeral? It's a silvery gray color.

Remember when researchers were researchers?

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