The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz, which is shown at the reopening of the Rosebud in "20th Century Ghost," is meant to symbolize the debt that creative artists owe to their predecessors. Imogene, the Rosebud's ghost, is infatuated with The Wizard of Oz because it was the movie that she died during; this is significant in that The Wizard of Oz marked the first successful use of color in a film. Thus, The Wizard of Oz marks the moment of Imogene's death as much as it marks the death of cinema's early era, and its being shown at the reopening of the theater—an effort undertaken by many creatives in Imogene's direct debt—is a nod to this gratitude.

Art

Art, the inflatable man from "Pop Art," is symbolic of optimism and its naivety. Despite the mistreatment he receives from his classmates and from the...