Cabinet 31 Contents- Fan Theory
Continuing forward, as I have no other "public" outlet for my Return to Oz musings, I will be posting random thoughts and theories in this thread in addition to the usual prop entries. I feel like there is someone out there who will appreciate this stuff, and not just keep it pent up in my head. Anyway, moving along.
As previously mentioned in earlier posts, there are skulls in Mombi's real head cabinet. To the left is what appears to be a fangless vervet monkey skull, in the center looks like a monkey head with skin still on, and to the right looks to be a bloody 35-40 week fetus skull.
Now, I honestly haven't read any fan theories regarding this movie, so I have no idea if I am the only one to think of this. 2 thoughts:
-Where else in Oz have we seen monkeys?
It might be a gruesome stretch, but maybe Mombi had all of the flying monkeys of the Wicked Witch, from Dorothy's first visit, wiped out. This skull she sleeps next to, along with the skin on one, is a memento of her simian genocide. I know it's dark, but it gets worse.
-Where else in Oz have we seen small people?
Ok, sure. They are not as small as a fetus, obviously. And we do see some Munchkins in the background of the coronation scene at the end of the movie. Maybe Mombi gathered up and killed a bunch of them, but some escaped and survived elsewhere. Maybe their skulls happen to look like a fetus? Because they are not human. They are an entirely separate species of beings- Munchkins. She kept another trophy, like some kind of Oz based Predator.
It's such a short scene, but I feel like this was an easter egg of sorts put there by the set dressers as a nod to Wizard of Oz. I have zero proof of this, just random thoughts to entertain you all. Apologies of this is too grim. But so is the movie.