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A Power-Grab for a Lost Shoe Kicks off a Film
In Trump’s plea for ‘my shoes’, I heard echoes of ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Two weeks ago, when a 20-year-old on a roof shot at Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally and grazed his ear with a bullet, Secret Service agents jumped onstage, yelled “Get down!” and crouched with Trump behind the podium.
One minute later, as Trump rose, his face reached the microphone again and the first thing he was heard to say was: “Let me get my shoes.”
The Secret Service escorted Trump away for medical attention. A black shoe was left on the red-carpeted stage. It was photographed by Jabin Botsford for the Washington Post.
The next day, Trump told the New York Post: “The agents hit me so hard that my shoes fell off, and my shoes are tight.” This is a man who lies about everything by default, so I think what he’s saying there is that his shoes were loose.
The Shoes’ Magic Must Be Powerful
In The Wizard of Oz, the ruby slippers are initially worn by a wicked witch who we never properly meet except for the soles of her feet because a house falls on her at the beginning of the film.
Glinda, the Good Witch, reminds the surviving wicked witch: “Are you forgetting the ruby slippers?”
The Wicked Witch of the West turns to take the shoes off her dead sister’s feet. Just before she takes them, Glinda magically removes them and they appear on Dorothy’s feet.
