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[JustAnotherGen]

People Think 'The Wiz Live!' is Racist. Twitter Says, 'Huh?'
https://www.colorlines.com/articles/people-think-wiz-live-racist-twitter-says-huh

Actual tweet: "I just learned there is a Black version of 'The Wizard of Oz' called 'The Wiz.' How is this not racist?"
Evan (@MJTM) November 23, 2015

Can you imagine the outrage if a show advertised an "All White Cast"?! But #TheWizLive is getting praised for having an "All Black Cast"...— Melly (@4princessmel) November 27, 2015

You can go to the article for the screen shots of the tweets without having to go to the twitter but suffice to say - the (dare I post it) white privilege oozing out of the pores of some of these total tool dipshits tweeting this nonsense is astounding.


Especially the 'tit for tat' ones who are so ignorant to the entire dominant culture that they have never even heard of the Wizard of Oz.



In the meantime . . . it was a hit! I'm glad to have been able to contribute to the viewer numbers.

The Wiz Live’ Ratings Strong: NBC Musical Draws More Than 11 Million Viewers
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/the-wiz-live-ratings-nbc-musical-1201653402/

Two years after NBC stunned the industry with boffo ratings for its live presentation of “The Sound of Music,” the network was back at it Thursday night with “The Wiz Live,” which drew impressive numbers of its own. The event also set a Nielsen Twitter record as most social live special program in the more than four years of tracking such numbers