The Dorothy character was MEANT for a tender-aged young with beautiful long hair style (like Judy Garland) and not an adult woman with a short kinky fro, like Diana Ross.. who shouldโve had her HEAD EXAMINED (along with the production staff), for even going along with this charade in the first place!!๐ฎ I mean who likes an adult Dorothy?! The costumes were better in the original Wizard of Oz.
However I loved โค๏ธ Michael Jackson!! (He pretty much stole the show!)
โThey tried OMMOTHERGOD! Although the characters were good, (the lion awesome!) they just couldnโt fit the bill of child-like fantasy and enchantment, however it is a good movie. Just not GREAT!
In addition I did not take too kindly of these drama songs of Diana herself and Lena Horn, as they sounded too darn sad! The songs in the Wizard of Oz weโre far more uplifting, vs. the daunting songs in the Wiz!
In overall this movie doesnโt give one that โchild-at-heartโ feeling as the little girl in me, but it is an interesting movie, in a stage-like, characterizing sense.
Sorry Wiz-biz, but The Wizard of Oz is my heart โค๏ธ just like many across the board to this day!