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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I truly respect these people. They did asbestos they could.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They were lead-ers

[–] Geek_King 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also believe the Scarecrow's costume was woven asbestos, as was the bristle part of the wicked witches broom.

[–] GrammatonCleric 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lead paint on Tin Man, too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IDK about this, but the Tin Man that's in the movie was the second choice for actor. The first one almost died from the aluminum powder that was in the paint. The Wicked witch's paint was copper based, so she was on a liquid diet the whole time. She also burned the shit out of herself during that first scene with the smoke and fire. Then of course Judy Garland was given all sorts of shit to fuck her up.

[–] GrammatonCleric 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you! This is what I was trying to remember!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

The Slow Demise of Asbestos, the Carcinogen that Gave ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Snow https://archive.vn/CCy5x

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't believe this is real how did they not puke

[–] GrammatonCleric 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were harder people back then.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago
[–] RizzRustbolt 5 points 1 year ago

Lead aspestose.

[–] carl_dungeon 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They used soap bubbles for snow in “It’s a Wonderful Life”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just watched a video about this that was interesting

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know... Can someone tell me? 👀

[–] BT_7274 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] BT_7274 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wasn’t the tin man’s body paint super cancerous as well?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the green makeup was giving chemical burn

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] themeatbridge 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't even wanna know about the flying monkeys. Suffice to say, California condors are now endangered, and the monkeys have a fear of staple guns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They're barely above the condor minimum :(

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It was aluminum paint, and made the 1st tin man very sick, so sick they almost died.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

And they lived happily ever after.