The Wiz (1978) - The Film with Three Brains Review

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This under-the-mainstream radar reimagining of The Wizard of Oz features Dorothy as a thirty-something inner city schoolteacher. Diana Ross stars, Richard Pryor cameos, but fans are more interested in Michael Jackson as The Scarecrow just before he became the King of Pop. Can this much star power deliver the magic of the original version? Click your heels three times for the Brains' answer! Watch this and many more episodes in full video on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFilmWithThreeBrains

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