[bramps]

In fourth grade I played the cowardly lion. Brought the house down with my, “Shucks folks, I’m speechless”.

Definitely the pinnacle of my acting career.

[Fiji Hill]

The Wizard of Oz (1925), starring Larry Seman and Oliver Hardy (before he teamed up with Stan Laurel) is my favorite movie version of the story.

[Jack Black]

This is cultural appropriation of the most blatant form. But of course because it is blacks appropriating White culture it is OK with everyone.

Actually, I think the cultural appropriation thing is OK. But there are a lot of other artists and critics who decry hip-hop artists like Iggy Azalea. Even though Miss Azalea is playing her own original music, and not borrowing someone else's characters, as the authors of "The Wiz" did.

Maybe she's just jealous of her looks?

Iggy Azalea

[ozaukeemom]

You couldn’t pay me to watch this.

Well....maybe you could pay me a lot and I would. But....blech.

[Jack Black]

Erykah Badu

Looking forward to an all-White country music version of "A Raisin in the Sun".

One can easily imagine the howls of outrage should anyone dare to stage something like that.

[Rebelbase]

[Vendome]

Boring every time...

[RginTN]

I like both versions of this movie however I could not be made to watch the Black version of Annie as I can’t stand Jamie Foxx

[fella]

WIZ

If you know where this comes from your about a half a bubble off of plumb.

[Yaelle]

My comment is: I love musicals and I can’t afford to go to them and don’t have babysitters so I am crazy about the idea of seeing them live on tv. I really enjoyed The Sound of Music. However, then they did Peter Pan, with the Liar Brian Williams’s daughter playing the boy Peter Pan, and Captain Hook played by a spacy and strange (even moreso than usual) Chris Walken, acting so badly he made his Saturday Night Live skits look like Oscar winners.

And now the Wiz. With one boring song. I will be watching; I just wish they were choosing different plays. I like Queen Latifah’s acting so I will hope it’s decent.

[Daffynition]

**...What will you do with that magic?...**

Staying away from this tripe... and the flying monkeys.

[equaviator]

Wasn’t it The Wiz that started the whole “It’s a black thing and you wouldn’t understand” thing?

[a fool in paradise]

The Wiz is a product of that period in the 1970s when Broadway was producing 'all-black' versions of everything. It is an urban, African-American version of The Wizard of Oz.

Broadway and Hollywood are still doing this.

The 46-track cast album of the new musical Hamilton is going where no other Broadway score has gone before: #1 on the Billboard chart of rap albums. (Playbill 16 Nov 2015)

[Gay State Conservative]

I’ve often wondered why Porgy & Bess,a true American classic,has always been centered around black characters (and rightfully so) while the Wizard of Oz cannot remain what it originally was.

[DoodleDawg]

The Wiz – The Magic Is In You

No it isn't since I won't be watching.

[nomad]

While I`m no fanatic about the original, it is a cute and charming little movie, made for a different and bygone era. However, back in the early eighties, I heard people refer to ‘taking a whiz’ as having to urinate. Later on I saw the movie remake on VHS rental and while I wouldn`t go that far, I understood the sentiment.