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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 08:57:01 JST myrmepropagandist

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   I met Quincy Jones when I was about 8 years old. Remarkable man. Huge creative talent, and personally I think this is his most important work.

   And maybe someday it will get the remake it deserves.

   RIP to a giant. #QuincyJones

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2024 08:57:02 JST myrmepropagandist

     It's hard to overstate the impact and importance of "The Wiz"-- this musical and movie brought together a never seen before star studded cast, and touched millions of young people with a wholesome and celebratory version of Black Vaudeville: a tradition that goes back to the 1890s.

     It didn't make a lot of sense to white audiences, but it wasn't really for them. You have to understand that as a little girl seeing a black woman as the main character in a movie for kids was ... well this was it.

     Bill repeated this.