The WIZ- Page 2

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 7/22/15 at 3:17pm

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.

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

Posted: 7/22/15 at 5:31pm

When I did "The Wiz" a few years back we did a multicultural cast instead of an all African-American cast. And what we did was make various nods to MGM's "Wizard of Oz" which I won't divulge into. But the musical storyline is completely different from the movie. I for one skipped the parts of the film I personally felt dragged on and went to the more interesting stuff.

And for the record Diana Ross was totally miscast as Dorothy. She should've let Stephanie Mills play the part, and settled for a cameo appearance as Glinda.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 7/22/15 at 5:39pm

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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.