1939 The Wizard of Oz to 1978 The Wiz
We have
two great movies that are great in their respective time period. Yet lets not
focus on the time period yet, but the changes in cast from the first movie in
1939 to the 1978 movie. Just to look at something notable we have Judy Garland
as Dorothy in the first one and as time progressed we get Diana Ross. Many can
say that there is a race issue at hand, but this is a thirty-nine-year gap with
these movies and we begin to see a cultural shift in movies where we see black
actors balance out roles in movies. So now that we have The Wiz there is an all-star
cast of African American people including Michael Jackson as the scarecrow and
then Ted Ross as the Lion.
Another
thing that I will be taking a look at is the differences between the Dorothy’s
with their age, attitude and growth of the character throughout the movie. In
the first film we see a young Dorothy that is in Kansas trying to get her dog from
her mean neighbors. Were in the 1978 film we see her as a school teacher in
Harlem, New York and trying to save her dog out in a snow storm. Now of course both
portray acts to get back home and get back to their love ones, but it seems
like the older Dorothy is taking care of business more and not as clueless as
the younger Dorothy.
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