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The Wiz Movie Review

The Wiz Review

"The Wiz" Overview

*1/2 star

Rating: G
1978


Cast and Crew

Director : Sidney Lumet
Producer : Rob Cohen
Screenwiter : Joel Schumacher
Starring : Diana Ross,Michael Jackson,Nipsey Russell,Ted Ross,Mabel King,Theresa Merritt,Thelma Carpenter

 
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This Broadway mainstay is horrifying -- nightmare-inducing, really. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Nipsey Russell make for a triple threat of overacting and bad costumes in this Harlem-set bastardization of The Wizard of Oz. Ted Ross, as the cowardly lion, is the only one to escape relatively unscathed. There's one song here worth remembering (the "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" update "Ease on Down the Road"), the rest is an acid trip of bad dancing, garish sets, and a Joel Schumacher-scripted mess that runs 135 agonizing minutes. Thank God for the irreverent Richard Pryor as the titular Wiz.



Review by

Christopher Null


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WIZ777 Click for more info ( 1)

posted on 13/12/2005 06:27


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The WIZ is a great show,... this critic must be one of those, anti-michaeljackson people, or in other words, closet jackson fan,... doesn't want too let anyone know he likes mj. Yeah I know alot of those,... it's cool now days Not to like michael because of all the terrible rumors. Oh well, there is Followers, and there is Leaders.... We know who we are, and We also know who You are.... ...and, The Wiz! One of the best shows ever! I loved it.




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posted on 28/11/2005 23:03


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I loved all the songs, and the dance routines, the actors were excellent, and even that early you could see that Michael Jackson is not only a genius in music but also that he is a very talented actor... It was dazzling and colorful, kind of a modern Wiz, and the only part that was so to speak unusual to me, was that Dorothy wasn't a little girl but a grown lady. Nevertheless, I enjoyed watching it and own both the dvd and the soundrack. It is interesting how some critics are so one-sided but that only gives us a good picture about their unprofessional, cranky selves... or maybe jelous?





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