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Published: Feb. 16, 2022, 5:10 p.m.

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The best way to celebrate Black History Month is listening to 3 nonblack people give their opinions on The Wiz. Was Diana Ross too old to play Dorothy? What is the deal with the peddler? What is the best song in this musical? Perhaps it\\u2019s RJ\\u2019s favorite: \\u201cI Am Certainly Not Interested in Engaging with Any News That Isn\\u2019t Positive At This Time\\u201d

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Email us any thoughts and takes and we may read it on the next episode at showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com

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References

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Other examples of all Black casts musicals from the 1970s

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Family Guy \\u201cBrand New Day\\u201d Spoof

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Martin, Alfred L. Jr. \\u201cBlackbusting Hollywood: Racialized Media Reception, Failure, and The Wiz

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as Black Blockbuster.\\u201d JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 60, no. 2, Michigan Publishing, 2021, pp. 56\\u201379. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/cj.2021.0003.

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