Direktlänk till inlägg 28 juni 2008
I vintras såg jag Trollkarlen från Oz på TV. Naturlitvis gick det inte att indvika Dorothys lilla raggiga terrier Toto, som spelar en viktig roll. Var Toto möjligen en skotte? Grubbel. Forskning!
In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum did not specifically state Toto's breed, but describes him as "a little black dog, with long, silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose". However, from the illustrations in the first book many have concluded that Toto is a Cairn Terrier while others believe the dog is a Yorkshire Terrier as this breed was very popular at the time. In subsequent books Toto becomes a Boston Terrier for reasons that are never explained.
In the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, Toto was played by a black Cairn Terrier whose real name was Terry. Terry was paid a $125.00 salary each week, which was far more than many of the human actors (the Singer Midgets only received $50.00 a week). Also, Terry was stepped on by one of the witch's guards, and a double had to be used because her foot was broken. The popularity of the movie actually changed her name to Toto, because that was the role she was most remembered for. However, The Wizard of Oz wasn't the only film that Terry played a role. She actually starred in 13 films. She died at age 10.
In the 1985 movie Return To Oz, Toto was played by a Border Terrier.
Alltså, Toto var en liten terrier, men vilken terrierras? Cairnterrier är som bekant inte helt svart och var inte erkänd som ras förrän tio år efter bokens tillkomst, yorkshireterrier kunde stämma, åtminstone ang den silkiga pälsen och yorken fanns också som ras vid aktuell tidpunkt. Men yorken är inte heller svart utan stålblå och tanfärgad. Skotten är svart och har definitivt "small black eyes that twinkled merrily" - så partisk som jag är bestämmer jag egenmäktigt att Toto är en skotte. I vart fall var skotsk terrier väldigt populära den här tiden. Övriga uppgifter ur Wikipedia.
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