White people on twitter furious because NBC's "The Wiz" featured an all-black cast

[Cali_Democrat]

'Why are there no whites?': The Wiz Live draws huge numbers for NBC with over 11million viewers despite hilarious confusion over the show's all-black cast

It was a highly anticipated live television moment that was lauded by critics when NBC aired a three-hour adaptation of the Broadway musical The Wiz on Thursday night.

The musical is based on The Wizard of Oz, the movie featuring all white characters that was adapted from the classic L. Frank Baum novel.

However, even though the 1975 show was written to feature an all-black cast - and the network stayed true to the script - social media erupted during the screening with calls of racism.

Several viewers took to Twitter to express their disdain about the event, accusing NBC of being discriminatory.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3345408/Social-media-flooded-racist-tweets-black-Wiz-Live-musical-special-kicks-off.html

[leftofcool]

1. There was an all white version of The Wiz!

I think it was called Alice in Wonderland. Auntie Em, Auntie Em!

[BeeBee]

3. Or, maybe "The Wizard of Oz." n/t

[Android3.14]

12. I think you might have mixed up your novels there

Perhaps if you pray to Zardoz...

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. And yet there has not been an erupton of anger that the "Wizard of Oz" had an all white cast

some of whom appeared in Green and red face.

The deficit of any education in history by the masses saddens me.

[Scootaloo]

4. That sort of ignorance just makes me laugh.

I swear to god, taking twitter seriously will make us all stupid. Giving everyone in the world an anonymous audience to regale with 164 characters of wisdom? yeah.

[Docreed2003]

5. People are freaking moronic..

From Wikipedia: "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown. It is an urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of modern African-American culture. "


I've never seen a non all-black cast of "The Wiz"...that was kinda of the point in the original. Where do these people come from? It's incredible that Twitter and social media seems to bring out the most racist in people.

[KamaAina]

6. They have been since yesterday

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027409227

[snooper2]

7. Twitter may just be the worst idea ever

Now a couple or even a couple hundred idiots can be culled on the same subject and....BAMO! It's a fucking story! LOL


Random celebrities/politicians send out soundbites the size of an article headline- WORKS PERFECT!

[One_Life_To_Give]

8. Feels like complaining about no White people on Soul Train.

Or no White members of the Spinners.

[etherealtruth]

9. I am having trouble wrapping my mind around anyone being this STUPID

....but, here it is

[cwydro]

16. NOt only BEING that stupid, but

posting on Twitter so everyone can see the depth of their stupidity.

It's amazing.

[MrScorpio]

10. Entitlement is a pernicious form of cluelessness nt

[Mendocino]

11. Good Grief

This is like complaining that Porgy and Bess always has a black cast.

[bullwinkle428]

13. Next week, they can go back to complaining about the idea that there's a

"Miss Black America" pageant but not a "Miss White America" one!

[yallerdawg]

14. Remarkable!

I enjoyed the broadcast, the set visuals were spectacular, the singing and dancing very good, edgy.

Next up - "Grease."

Can't wait to see what they do to that - and what the Twitterverse will be spewing!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. And let's not even get started on all the black people in Roots.

Political correctness run amok!

[eppur_se_muova]

17. Busting a gut here -- I ***LOVE*** The Onion !

Oh, wait ...

Oh, dear dog, no .....

[KittyWampus]

18. LOL! I thought it had to be parody...