Watch: ‘The Wizard of Oz’, As You Most Definitely Have Not Seen It Before

There are many questions that could be asked about Matt Bucy’s video, which presents us with ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ in its entirety… in alphabetical order. The first question might be, "What do you mean by alphabetical order?" What I mean is that every word in the film, from a to z, has been sorted into an alphabetical list; repeats, such as the word "do," "did," or "can," are presented in clumps. The piece is a little alarming, but also funny, and telling. It raises questions such as "How long did it take?" or "Was it difficult?" or "Do you worry that you might have missed a word?" The one question it inspires which you should nevertheless not ask is this: why?