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—-?”
