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Clicky.

He was great. As creepy as The Wiz was, he was great. I should rent that movie again. Diana Ross was waaaaay too old, but the whole concept was pretty cool.

Date: 2005-10-04 05:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] defy-gravity99.livejournal.com
I know, it's so sad. :(

Date: 2005-10-04 06:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexlady.livejournal.com
i once met a white kid from wisconsin named Nipsey after him. also, i was born at lenox hill.

Date: 2005-10-04 06:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] son-of-ottie.livejournal.com
It IS sad. But I recommend watching GSN and catching him on one of the shows he did on TV. They'll be doing a retrospective soon I bet.

But may I say, from experience and Carlos will back me up on this, time seems to lessen our response to The Wiz in ways it doesn't other films.
Don't Look In The Basement, for instance, was rotten and if I saw it for rent I certainly wouldn't. But the music of The Wiz is SO AWESOME one allows oneself to be lead down that primrose and crab-apple path to utter disappointment all over again.
The movie sucks like a hoover with herpes. The "concept" has nothing to do with ANY of its source material. Rather, the "concept" was to get every black entertainer together in one vehicle. Well...that, um...happened anyways.
It woulda been nice to SEE Ted Ross's FACE during "Mean Ol' Lion" but kiddies, we never do. And we never will. And Michael Jackson's inexplicable replacement song for "I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday" called "You Can't Win" should serve as advice for all who think they might give this ubertrash another chance.
Please invest in the OCR, if you haven't yet, and listen to it. Get a script of the PLAY and read along. But do not, for the love of GOD, view this film again.

And so you know I'm not crazy, I met William Brown, book-of-the-musical author, while I worked at The York Theatre. I told him what I thought of how they'd butchered his work. His wife SHOUTED "Amen!" and he said "Yes they did, didn't they?"

Can't get better proof than that!

Date: 2005-10-04 07:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mollyx.livejournal.com
I like it.

Always have.
Diana Ross should not be there. That's clear.

But I always loved that movie. But I should get the original cast recording, you're right.

Date: 2005-10-05 01:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foulpost.livejournal.com
Couldn't give a fuck.

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