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 There's no such thing a Al Sharpton
There's no such thing as Al Sharpton 
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AL SHARPTON https://image.nostr.build/5219ab06ed2acfff62a0f4d6e5a02b4b9a347dbc1902ed761d8b7726cdf592b1.gif 
 The Wizard of Oz. (ounces) was an alleghory in favor of bimetallism and against the gold-only standard

in the book, her shoes were made of silver

but the Hollywood peeps wanted to show off their new color film technology so made them ruby red...

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 On but what about the wiz?  
 just the idea that gold alone has some magical properties, I think, but not sure--probably represented some 1920s gold-only politician noone remebers now

again, not sure 
 Nah I think the wiz was about Barry Gordy and the Motown monopoly 🤷🏽 
 oh, you're talking about the M.J. version...no clue, my dude 
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totally missed it 
 You're good bruv

I've been told I was a movie encyclopedia. So I know it's hard to keep up🤷🏽