>New Line is remaking Wizard of Oz, Nicole Kassell directing. A non musical Lord Of The Rings style reimagining of the Wizard of Oz. For the first time Dorothy will be played by a POC
>Who is Nicole Kassel? She directed the 2004 indie “The Woodsman” and 2011’s “Little Bit of Heaven.” Otherwise, Kassel has mostly dabbled in television, directing episodes of “Watchmen,” “The Americans” and “The Killing.”
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2023/5/ee8630lewmvnprc1vg2tct5tfmww70
> For the first time Dorothy will be played by a POC
Did they forget about The Wiz?
Nothing existed before 2010
Happened loads of times, like when Avery Brooks suddenly ceased to be the first black captain protagonist of a Star Trek tv show when Discovery cast a black lady as its lead.
that was Dorafee
The difference is The Wiz wasn't meant to replace and "correct" the original, it was made to be a black version of it. The whole thing was different to reflect that.
The WIz musical was 90% Baum's story structure
>Act IEdit
When an approaching storm turns out to be a tornado, Dorothy takes shelter in the farmhouse as Aunt Em and Uncle Henry do so in the storm cellar. As the tornado hits the farm, the house, with Dorothy inside, is lifted into the air and flies for miles, with the wind represented by dancers ("Tornado"). The house finally comes to rest with a bump in the middle of a field covered with flowers. There Dorothy is met by the Munchkins, all of whom are dressed in blue, and Addaperle, the Good Witch of the North, who tells her that she is in the Land of Oz. Furthermore, her house has fallen on Evamean, the Wicked Witch of the East, and killed her, freeing the Munchkins from her evil powers. Dorothy, distressed and confused, wants only to return home. With her magic unable to take Dorothy beyond the country boundaries, Addaperle decides Dorothy's best chance for assistance is to follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City in the centre of Oz, to see the great and powerful Wizard of Oz, or "The Wiz" for short ("He's the Wizard"). She gives her Evamean's silver shoes, and tells her not to take them off before she reaches home, for they hold a mysterious, but very powerful charm that will keep her safe.
>Dorothy sets off down the Yellow Brick Road, full of doubt and fear at what lies ahead...
WE WERE WIZARDS AND SHIT
Getting kinda fucking weird how often it's redheads that they blackwash
What do they mean by this
Redheads are the whitest people on Earth apart from albinos (who are rare and already shunned by society).
During the Middle Ages, red hair was associated with israelites. It still remains a israeli trait.
they're dyslexic and think "gingers" is about them.
The irish aren't people and can therefore be switched around with blacks who are not people either.
Dorothy was never a redhead.
Judy Garland's dorothy was
You know, the one that matters
Judy Garland was brunette in the movie.
>For the first time Dorothy will be played by a POC
Did whoever wrote that think Diana Ross was white?
They're in everything.
They're selling me kleenex, insurance, even dog food.
Why're they in everything. I'm so tired of seeing them in everything.
Blackwashing isn’t a thing, sweetie
True, it needs a more appropriate term. Coal-dusting? Mud-smearing?
Ahem, it’s clearly shit-skinning
the original already had flying black people
They already did it before you zoomies
I don’t understand why any one cares
b-but the click bait said it was first!
>b-but the click bait said it was first!
maybe the other posts in this thread pretending this is the first time, are studio shills trying to pretend to be upset? It would fit in with what that blogger said
Wasnt there another one, just oz or something like that?
I don't watch content with naggers
I suggest you all do the same and encourage others in your life to do so as well. We are the final line, the last resistance. If we fail... Well we cannot fail.
You people seriously falling for a fucking blog post
This was widely reported a couple of years ago. Personally, I don't mind as it's American culture, do what you will with it. As long as the lead is cute and funny.
>. A non musical Lord Of The Rings style reimagining of the Wizard of Oz. For the first time Dorothy will be played by a POC
who is this unironically for?
For people who want to virtue signal but don't know The Wiz exists
For the ESG funding
From that blog
>So, why add the inclusive casting as well? Isn’t there going to be inevitable backlash that Dorothy isn’t a Caucasian redhead? The answer, someone recently told me, makes a lot of sense. These studios rehash old IP and recast them with inclusive actors because they get the advantage of having free marketing from people arguing about it online.
gross
>These studios rehash old IP and recast them with inclusive actors because they get the advantage of having free marketing from people arguing about it online.
>Quite ingenious. It’s cultivated viral marketing
except these films are always flops. if losing money is seen as quite ingenious than Hollywood is truly fucked
>he still thinks the viewer is the customer
>losing money
Like they care
>New Line Cinema
>unit of Warner Bros. Pictures
>which is subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery
>which has total assets of about $135 billion
>and is partly owned by BlackRock ($10 trillion in assets under their management) and The Vanguard Group ($8 trillion in assets under management)
Throwing $100-300 million on this shit is nothing
ESG money is drying up
investors/pension funds are placing more scrutiny on money managers like Blackrock. ESG practices are walking a very fine line and may very well violate fiduciary duties.
that opens avenues to legal actions which some pensions have threatened already.
the well isn't limitless and unlike the plebs, the legal system actually works for wealthy investors.
So hoe many properties are left that haven't been blackwashed yet? Will we get to the point where literally any popular story ever told by white people will have been racechanged?
they will prob just move onto historical people and make them all black africans
Eagerly waiting for the racechanged Zulu remake, it's gonna be GOAT.
AYO HOL UP
In addition to The Wiz, Ashanti played Dorothy in the Muppets Wizard of Oz:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppets%27_Wizard_of_Oz
I'm sure there are other less notable ones, too. It's a public domain story. Anyone can adapt it. When do we get these people banned from social media for spreading misinformation?
blackwash remake
instant never seeing it
I thought the guy doing Blackish was doing a Wizard of Oz thing.
>The Wewuzard of Oz
>Cowardly Lion is now a black panther
>Tin man is now the bronze man
>Scarecrow is unchanged because whites don't have brains lolololol
>directing episodes of “Watchmen
Oh no