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Bish Whet!?: People On Twitter Are Mad That “The Wiz” Is An All Black Cast!

<p>Roommates&comma; who is ready for The Wiz Live&excl; premiere tonight&quest;&quest; The original 1970&&num;8217&semi;s Wiz film starred Michael Jackson&comma; Diana Ross and Richard Pryor among other fantastic entertainers of their time&comma; so hopefully tonight&&num;8217&semi;s doesn&&num;8217&semi;t disappoint&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With all of the wonderful attention that the live adaptation has gained&comma; there also follows a huge misunderstanding&excl; Can you believe that people are  upset that the show has an all-black cast&comma; some even making remarks such as &&num;8220&semi;Why isn&&num;8217&semi;t there an all white cast&quest;&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;There would be an uproar if there was an all white cast&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What these people are failing to realize that The Wizard of Oz is the white version&excl; It actually the inspiration for The Wiz so&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re like bish&comma; whet&quest;&excl; Check out some of the ridiculous tweets from Clueless &amp&semi; 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