Toto was white . . . wasn’t he?
The Wiz was supposed to be an all black cast to begin with. I don’t see an issue with it.
I just wish the same logic would apply to super heroes, James Bond and all the other he/she is now black idiocy going on.
Turn in to Supergirl and you’ll find Jimmy Olsen is now a bald black guy.
BTW, the ratings were significantly higher than last year's Peter Pan Live!
I have no problem with the producer choosing any cast he/she wants, but they’ve pretty much reaped what they have sown here.
All Black. Well yeah. That’s what it was marketed as back in the day
Ditto cosby
thank goodness we didn’t get into the remake of Amos & Andy from radio to tv.
Or a black Annie(Little Orphan Annie)
Or a black Karate Kid
Or a black Cinderella
Or a black Steel Magnolia’s
Or a black Jerry Lewis (Nutty Professor)
Or a black Ralph Cramden ?????
or...oh never mind.
I don’t think anyone is that stupid.
>> The Thursday-night live production featured an all-black cast
Why is this a problem?
I agree, really people are that stupid not to know what “The Wiz” is all about?
who cares.....if some one wants to be racially sensitive they can......I will say this if I hear any of those involved in this production complain about not enough people of color being in the production I will ask them how come they made the casting choices they made but other then that, I will watch the production and enjoy it. the only big deal is if those involved in it make race a issue on someone else’s production.
this is amusing. But if non-blacks appeared in the Wiz then Blackliesmatter would be protesting and calling that cultural appropiation...tho isn’t the Wiz cultural appropiation since it riped off the Wizard of Oz...
Do your research. Most of the female characters in Shakespeare’s plays were originally acted by men. Does that mean they should do a live homo Romeo And Juliet?
I honestly don’t care if the original cast was all-black or that some people decided the play was racist. Aren’t we not supposed to notice?
People are just dumb. The Sound of Music which doubled the ratings of The Wiz only had white people......Yieks! Don’t tell these fools though.
The “Wiz” is supposed to be all black, social media idiots.
So, according to the logic displayed by the author of this piece, continuing racism is not racism?
Wow.
I didn’t realize American blacks had any position on the transition from the “Gold Standard” to greenbacks.
in the player’s lines, there will be the “F” word but not the “N” word
F is flaunted. N is shunned
if there is F, why can’t there be N?