Rushdie on Replicating the Wizard of Oz

After looking at the video of Indian kids doing their interpretation of The Wizard of Oz, I think that Rushdie would agree that that video would be a very bad first impression of The Wizard of Oz. He would feel that it certainly fits the definition of 'Bollywood' cinema in the same way that Bombay Talkie does. In fact, the video seems like a better representation of Bombay Talkie than of The Wizard of Oz. He would likely agree that the reason that this song was performed was because it represented their desire to escape to a land like that of Oz. Finally, a reason that their teacher, or teachers, had them do this could have been that it served as indirect way to get them to embrace the idea of growing up.