2006-12-18 11:36:56 · 14 answers · asked by misszfit 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
The Wiz is a Black approach to the same story
2006-12-18 11:43:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Wiz is a 1975 Broadway musical, and an urbanized adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2006-12-18 11:38:35 · answer #2 · answered by Tawani 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Wiz is a more pesimistic version of Oz, not to mention kinda scarey. It does add some things from the original Oz series (like the Wheelers), but everything is Disco style!
I don't think the two are really even comparable. Nothing can beat Judy Garland and the 1939 film.
2006-12-22 07:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by Keavy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Wizard of oz..and The Wiz are the closest. the two tell the story of Dorothy lost interior the land of oz. ,eeting her 3 companions and being tasked with killing the depraved Witch of the West. the main substantial distinction is that The Wiz is mentioned from a black perspective with extra of a rock score. depraved is the story of Elphaba (later time-honored because of the fact the depraved Witch of the West) and Glinda the reliable, how they met in college, how they used their skills, how they have been perceived by utilising the inhabitants, and what grew to grow to be of them. various situations interior the direction of the tutor, the characters of Dorothy and her companions are referenced, however only the Tin guy and Scarecrow are considered.
2016-10-05 11:47:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the "Wizard of Oz" Dorothy had Red Ruby Slippers.
In "The Wiz" Dorothy had Silver Slippers.
2014-01-15 12:17:19 · answer #5 · answered by Hoe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wiz is the mostly-black cast version of the wizard of oz.
2006-12-18 11:38:15 · answer #6 · answered by Eowyn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One had talent and a real budget
, the Wiz Didn't
2006-12-19 06:16:01 · answer #7 · answered by RJM 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All that I know is that The Wiz has WAY better songs.
2006-12-18 11:55:58 · answer #8 · answered by MARISSA!!! 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Wiz was an all black offshoot with michael "child predator" jackson
2006-12-18 11:39:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
the wiz got brothas
2006-12-18 11:45:29 · answer #10 · answered by Michael 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋