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‘The Wiz Live!’ Slammed as Racist on Social Media for All-Black Cast
Yahoo News ^ | 12/3/15 | [The Wrap] Daniel Holloway

Posted on 12/05/2015 8:25:57 PM PST by Impala64ssa

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To: God luvs America
...with all the diversity/inclusion/PC crap thrown rammed down our throats and everything being racist if you don’t agree with all the PC crap its good they get a taste of their own medicine...

When they come out with a remake of "Mammy" I'll know PC is dead.


41 posted on 12/06/2015 2:57:38 AM PST by seowulf (Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum. Cogito.---Ambrose Bierce)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress
The Wiz was then, and still is now, the most asinine idea EVER to come out of Hellywood

Racist ******* claiming de-facto segregation and demanding inclusion make film after film of blacks in white roles

And when THEY don't work, re-make a traditional white film and call it black

WHO would star in "A Christmas To Remember" ?

42 posted on 12/06/2015 3:10:01 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: stylin19a

Dave Chapelle for president !!!


43 posted on 12/06/2015 3:10:56 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: stylin19a

You’re quite welcome; thanks for starting the discussion!


44 posted on 12/06/2015 4:23:08 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: knarf

Think of these “black re-makes” as “colored drinking fountains”; they may allow non-blacks to enjoy themselves in other parts of the theaters...


45 posted on 12/06/2015 4:48:37 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Timpanagos1

They are so stupid, it is mind boggling. I watched the Wiz, it was pretty good. I have a soft spot in my heart for that show since I saw it on Bway years ago, that production was very fun as I remember.

I wasn’t overly impressed by the gal who played Dorothy but Ne-Yo, who I guess is a rapper in real life, was excellent as the Tin Man. His one big number was the high point in the show for me.

One thing that really did annoy me was that they didn’t give full credits for the cast. They named those playing the big parts at the start and then they had two long lists of “the ensemble” at the end. But there was some secondary parts that were well done. Esp. the guy who was the head lackey for the Wicked Witch of the West.


46 posted on 12/06/2015 5:00:26 AM PST by jocon307
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To: knarf

I’m waiting for the black remake of “Gone With the Wind” with Kathy Bates starring as Mammy!


48 posted on 12/06/2015 5:33:31 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Impala64ssa

So, according to the logic displayed by the author of this piece, continuing racism is not racism?

Wow.


49 posted on 12/06/2015 5:41:17 AM PST by savedbygrace (But God!)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

IIRC George Jefferson was actually a Republican, according to Norman Lear.


50 posted on 12/06/2015 5:45:04 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: stylin19a
thank goodness we didn’t get into the remake of Amos & Andy from radio to tv.

That was a funny show. Kingfish would be working some scam around BLM. He'd have Andy selling signs.

51 posted on 12/06/2015 5:55:46 AM PST by Stentor ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.")
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To: stylin19a

Actually there was a study I read years ago. It stated that research shows that white people do not look at ads with blacks negatively. Whereas blacks are more likely to respond positively to ads with blacks in them. For marketers, doing ads with blacks is a win win.


52 posted on 12/06/2015 6:20:58 AM PST by Vermont Lt (I had student debt. It came from a bank. Not from the Govt.)
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To: stylin19a

Or the Black Shadow


53 posted on 12/06/2015 8:44:02 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Gene Eric

For me it wasnt i did not watch


54 posted on 12/06/2015 8:45:42 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: al baby
Or the Black Shadow

The one with Bill Russell?

"He fails, not because he's colored
but because he'stroubled and bewildered.
The team cares about him because only they
know his background.

He's the Black Shadow.
He's a coach in trouble.
He's the Black Shadowwwww!"

55 posted on 12/06/2015 8:48:33 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

omg i forgot that one it was funny as heck also the white shadow was a great show


56 posted on 12/06/2015 8:49:26 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: dfwgator
Or a black Dr. Doolittle.

-PJ

57 posted on 12/06/2015 8:49:46 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: al baby

That’s why I remembered that skit, because back then The White Shadow was one of my favorite shows.


58 posted on 12/06/2015 8:50:13 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Impala64ssa

I didn’t realize American blacks had any position on the transition from the “Gold Standard” to greenbacks.


59 posted on 12/06/2015 8:52:56 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: dfwgator
I'm going to go "Old School" now.

Seriously funny movie.

My liberal ex-GF, was not only shocked that this movie was ever made but that it was on TV.

We watched and she laughed.

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60 posted on 12/06/2015 8:54:46 AM PST by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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