> Formal interpretations merely strive to say how the elements of the text
> relate:  Dorothy's shoes are red because the film is organized by primary
> colors; her dress has blue, the road is yellow; only so many choices were
> available for primary colors; the witch being green is determined by her
> relation of opposition to the shoes blah blah blah.  But such
> interpretations are dry because they have no semantic dimension:  they are
> sheerly syntactic.


Are you sure?  The shoes weren't red in the book, nor was the witch
green...

;)

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