• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      I don’t know, but it’s either a lot or the service is really expensive. They’re wearing fitted uniforms. They don’t hesitate at all, so it’s clearly a well-practiced routine for them. They seem pretty healthy, happy and well-groomed, so their wages are at least decent, if not above the local average. In fact, it looks like they’ve had their hair and makeup done by a professional. That’s not cheap. Furthermore, this is all being filmed in color in the 1930s. I don’t have the numbers on hand, but I imagine thats the contemporary equivalent of filming in 70mm IMAX, not cheap. This is very obviously a big budget operation. For whatever reason, the demand for a salon that’s specifically equipped to serve ambulatory scarecrows, tin men, anthropomorphic lions, and teenaged Kansas farm girls was extremely high in that particular time and place.

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        The Land of Oz is home to all kinds of fantastical creatures, some of which are living objects. I remember in particular the Glass Cat and the Sawhorse. There is also a region entirely peopled by porcelain figurines, so it’s not really a stretch to think that the Emerald City would be prepared for any manner of being.

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      Who knows what other specialty services them or other spa type shops have