OK, first Diana Ross being dorothy? what the hell were they thinking? Changing the whole story around, just so that she can be in it. That is wrong! Micheal Jackson I think did a pretty good job as the scarecrow, but i guess the song "I was born the day before yesturday" was not hight enough for him that they made a totally different song! I did not like at all that they changed the whole script around. Dorothy is a farm girl, and Ms. Diana Ross was a grade school teacher in Harlem.
One thing I did like was the scene with Addapearl "Miss. One in movie version" and the munchkin was great! Also the Emerald City Sequence was also good.
What was up with Richard Pryor as The Wiz. he was suppose to sing two songs : "So you wanted to meet the wizard" and "Ya'll got it" The best part of the whole musical* (* My opinion)
was The Tornado from the Original Broadway production.
The whole movie was a cheap shot attempt.
Diana Ross miraculously floated to Oz by thin air.
That was stupid.
The only reason I own "The Wiz" is because I was in a production of The Wiz (02/2004) I was The Wiz.
I guess most of the music of the original Broadway production
was taken away so that Diana Ross would sing more songs.
Question:
Was the man in the subway in the movie with the puppets
were suppose to be Kalidahs?
Although the movie was ok (used loosely) I am glad to hear
that The Wiz is coming back to Broadway soon.
I did not see the original because i wasn't born. LOL
I think someone should attempt to recreate another movie
"The Wiz" and this time, do it right!
Updated On: 10/17/04 at 10:08 PM
