At least they tried asbestos they can at the time.
Cough, cough ... You got that right ... cough, cough, hack, HACK, HHHHHHHHHHAACK, cough, cough.
Me so glad they tried!
The Wizard of Oz was one of the absolute most dangerous films ever made. OP is there a good essay about the history of this? It's a REALLY fascinating story and a lot of people who watch and enjoy movies would probably be absorbed into reading it.
There was a couple of books about it, it seems.
If you don't know: It made them all gay
Yea, just like the frigging frogs!
The Slow Demise of Asbestos, the Carcinogen that Gave ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Snow https://archive.vn/CCy5x
I think I looked this up at one point, and weirdly, none of them died from the asbestos. I seem to remember several of the actors died relatively young, so maybe something else got them first.
It was in 1939. Asbestos usually fucks you 20 years later, so around 1950. While Asbestos related diseases were acknowledged in the 40s, the widespread understanding of a health hazard was only coming up in the 60s to 80s.
So it is very well possible, that it simply wasn't checked.
Just posting this all over the place? I've seen it on three different meme subs
Mesotheli OH MY GOD I LOVE PRACTICAL EFFECTS
Breathe deep!
Just goes to show you Hollywood was always a messed up place. It was indifferent to people back then, it is indifferent to people now.
On a slightly related topic, "Babylon" was too much the same self loathing and despair from Hollywood; it ultimately bombed, despite being a technically great movie, because everyone is sick and tired of seeing Hollywood bemoaning that this messed up world is never going to change.
I hope they will be proven wrong after the strike.
