Archive for August 22nd, 2008
The Wiz…
Hey people. Today I’m taking a break from Election 2008. I’ll get back to it on Monday. Moving right along. I watched THE WIZ the other night with my shorties… Man – it sure was different than how I remembered it. I used to think it was a cold-ass flick. Not any more. That shit was racist (bad witch: short, fat, and dark-skinded; good witch: tall, thin light-skinded and pretty) and kinda scary considering its “G” rating. And why the fuck was old-ass Diana Ross cast as Dorthy??? Yeah, about half way through I had to turn the flick off. I spent the rest of the evening 1) talking to my kids about the light/dark skinded issue in the Black community; and 2) comforting my youngest child who was a little startled by the wicked-witch and her gang of flying apes on motorcycles. I think Diana Ross scared his ass too.
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