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MagicalMusical said: "CarlosAlberto said: "MagicalMusical said: Diana Ross killed it.

Yes. she did. She absolutely did. Her neurotic, over-the-top histrionic performance in this buried not only the film but her movie career in the process.

Instead of exuding any kind of wonder and curiosity upon crash landing in Oz she goes into tortured and anguished screams that one would think she was about to get raped.

I couldn&

I probably won't buy the Criterion unless they do a recall and present an audio track with the dialogue restored, but last night, I got out my old DVD. I'm surprised how thoroughly I enjoyed the movie. I just meant to watch a few scenes, maybe skip forward to "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News," and wound up watching the whole thing. I stand by my criticisms, but overall the infectious numbers and the good jokes and terrific performances made most of my complaints seem r

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "Yes, I’m sure everyone would prefer the terribly photoshopped covers of previous releases, or the overused 1978 standard one.

It’s different, it evokes feelings you get when watching the film, and isn’t terrible just because you don’t like it. Just like the film itself."

The 1978 poster is not overused, and yes, would be vastly preferable. It's quite stunning. Whatever the shortcomings of the movie itself,

FANtomFollies said: "poisonivy2 said: "Good lord she's been calling out a lot."

It's really hard for me to believe that the way she's singing the score is not causing vocal damage."

Maybe, but she seems to be missing more shows post-Tonys than before, unless some people in this tread are just emphasizing it more now. It makes me wonder she's lost the drive now that she didn't cop the Tony. I'd have liked to s

TotallyEffed said: "Happy Pride, everyone! I just picked up a copy of The Wiz which was recently released on 4K by The Criterion Collection. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this film - memories, opinions, etc.

Criterion did a fabulous job with the release but it is pretty skimpy on the supplements, unfortunately."

Happy Pride, and thank you for sharing the information!

I saw The Wiz in first release, owned the soundtrack. Only knew t

The slur ("pejorative" seems too weak a word) in the title is tough for me, too. I'm not sure why, though. Yeah, I hate the word. But the title of Larry Kramer's book doesn't offend me and never has (I'm not a fan of the book--but the title never "triggered" me in any way). Maybe because it came out when I was a kid and so was always "in the past" for me personally? I guess I'm saying I don't want to condemn this play for its tit

I feel like the conversation is too narrow because it ignores how much this sort of thing happens at the movies, too. My guess is that it's also happening at concerts and other performance venues. And it did not by any means beging with COVID. I think actually it's more like a lot of the people who were acting like jerks before COVID were the same jerks who refused to wear masks during COVID, rather than COVID instilling a new mindset. 

I personally think it comes down

pmensky said: "Musigamist said: "pmensky said: "Danish Cast Recording"

Having listened to the Original Recording, Broadway, London Concert, Dutch, Swedish, and Norwegian recordings multiple times—I second this. If I'm wanting to hear it English though, it's the Original Recording for me."

The Danish Cast RecordingIS in English."

Are there two of them? The only one I'm aware of is, in fact,