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The Wiz Live!: Raising the Bar

The Wiz Live!, a performance full of life, aired a few days ago on NBC.  The imagery was magical.  The script was a combination of the expected and the unexpected.  When the Wiz played by Queen Latifah asked Dorothy Gale (Shanice Williams), “Who you callin’ a coward?,” fans of the rapper turned actress, turned TV host, jazz stylist, producer, etc., etc., knew that the question was an homage to a very early rap hit where the Queen asks: “Who you callin’ a b—-?”

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