The WIZ — Page 2

musicaljen, I too had a similar experience with the film of THE WIZ. Many times I have tried to watch it and became so bored I had to shut it off. Truly a worthless terrible film.

Then this past year I saw a production of the show. AND I LOVED IT!! The show is so vastly superior to the movie that it truly astounded me, that a high budget Hollywood studio could turn such a fun piece into such schlock.

I understand your disappointment (I shared a disdain for the announcement at first too) but you really should at least give the broadcast a chance, in the hopes it may exhibit more of the life the stage version has.

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With only five months left to go until The Wiz goes live on NBC, I decided to try and watch the movie, since I am not familiar with this show. Unfortunately I had to stop the film twenty minutes in, after getting bored to tears. The tunes aren't catchy and I cannot understand why on earth NBC made this choice. Are they expecting 18 million viewers for this piece???? "

You are bashing your choice not to watch this based on a very bad film adaptation of a good musical. The movie is sh!t, pain and simple, but the musical is great.