"The Wiz Live!" Has Made Hate-Watching Obsolete
From left: Elijah Kelley as Scarecrow, Ne-Yo as Tin-Man, David Alan Grier as Lion, Shanice Williams as Dorothy in The Wiz Live! Virginia Sherwood / NBC Those who sat down to watch NBC’s The Wiz Live! to mine for flubs and flaws to point out in snarky live tweets quickly realized they were in for something completely unexpected: sincere greatness. The Wiz Live! was a stunning reminder of what …