why did the author the item Ozified in the opening paragraphs of the article?

Answer 1

Which author?
Which article?
Which item?

Answer 2

author is Mary Rose.
The Wizard of Oz

Answer 3

This article is about the Wizard of Oz and its spinoffs in our culture.

http://www.stonysmith.com/heather/handouts/Weekly%20Reading/Ozified.pdf