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re: THE WIZ -- not MUSIC MAN -- might be NBC's next live musical

Posted by: Chazwaza 05:12 pm EST 01/16/15
In reply to: re: THE WIZ -- not MUSIC MAN -- might be NBC's next live musical - SingersRMusicians2 05:08 pm EST 01/16/15
I don't think it's a question of them all being the same race for logical genetic reasons... it's because the show and especially the score are written FOR black performers in a style that is frankly only comfortable to be sung or seen/heard performed by black performers.

Of course, non-black people can do it justice, and we're not talking about some holy scripture of black culture... I'm just saying, this is, I'm sure, what people mean when they say it should be kept an all black cast.


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