The Atlantic

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.
Source: NBC

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.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The Atlantic

The Atlantic5 min readAmerican Government
What Nikki Haley Is Trying to Prove
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Nikki Haley faces terrible odds in her home state of
The Atlantic7 min readAmerican Government
The Americans Who Need Chaos
This is Work in Progress, a newsletter about work, technology, and how to solve some of America’s biggest problems. Sign up here. Several years ago, the political scientist Michael Bang Petersen, who is based in Denmark, wanted to understand why peop
The Atlantic3 min read
They Rode the Rails, Made Friends, and Fell Out of Love With America
The open road is the great American literary device. Whether the example is Jack Kerouac or Tracy Chapman, the national canon is full of travel tales that observe America’s idiosyncrasies and inequalities, its dark corners and lost wanderers, but ult

Related Books & Audiobooks