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LSTB reminds me very much of I’ll Cry Tomorrow as told w a sledge hammer. No nuance by on the script but Ms Ross does deliver a convincing performance of someone but not necessarily Lady Day- just think of it as the Dreamgirls version of the Supremes story. And after having seen Audra McDonald...

Nobody was going to take that role from Ross- she had clout and wanted that iconic role no matter what revisions were needed. Watching the relatively recent Live TV version it totally worked with a teenager and the original Wizard of Oz story line. No self doubting 30ish schoolmarm as Dorothy...

Just arrived and watching. Transfer is decent both sound and vision. It is depressing though- needs a double bill with Frances.

Sorry but I disagree as once that storyline shifted from a girl Dorothy to an adult Dorothy it was doomed. No director could have fixed that arc in the storyline which just dragged the whole thing down. Diana is a fantastic star and maybe it’s not all her fault for taking the role but clearly...

Well she single handedly ruined the Wiz, killed Blaxploitation films, and her reputation in general with that bomb by using her star cred to snatch and get changed the lead character from a young innocent girl to a neurotic, emotionally stunted 30 year old Dorothy in search of Werner Erhard to...