Wait why have I never heard of The Wiz and why is the music /so good/? Is this what black erasure looks like?
@stroughtonsmith 🎶 Come on, ease on down, ease on down, down the road 🎵
@stroughtonsmith It's such a horribly good movie. My high school did it for one of their spring musicals years ago.
@stroughtonsmith The music is amazing. You can’t go wrong with that cast, but also Quincy Jones was the force behind it all. He’s the not-so-secret sauce.
@stroughtonsmith i’m not sure if that counts as black erasure (which is certainly a thing)… anything associated with Michael Jackson is problematic these days, based on the assumption of his guilt.
@stroughtonsmith I had that soundtrack's vinyl for years. Songs were great.
@stroughtonsmith they did it live on NBC in 2015, so… maybe you’re just living under a rock lol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz_Live
The Wiz Live! - Wikipedia

@stroughtonsmith Do you listen to Blank Check? They just covered The Wiz last week
@stroughtonsmith Saw the revival of “The Wiz” last year on Broadway in New York with my wife after my then-girlfriend had a dental problem that forced us to miss it after we had tickets to the original in 1977. So it’s been around for a long time, but I doubt it’s well-known in Europe.
@stroughtonsmith Erasure? Get effin real. Have you heard of BET, BET+, and even PlutoTV?