Dorothy, you’re not in Kansas anymore — you’re in the Las Vegas Sphere, stirring up a tornado of controversy.

With help from artificial intelligence, “The Wizard of Oz” was reimagined into an interactive experience for audiences at the Sphere, a massive, spherical entertainment venue in Las Vegas.

It’s drawing extreme responses from both ends of the spectrum. While some viewers are gushing over the Sphere’s version of the film’s jaw-dropping immersive effects, others think the AI alterations violate the integrity of the Hollywood classic.

The 1939 version of the film was shot to fill the standard, rectangular theater screens of its era — not the Sphere’s 160,000 square-foot wraparound display.

To produce an immersive viewing experience, creators behind the event “Wizard of Oz at Sphere

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