Let’s Recast The Wiz: Our Picks For The 2015 Remake
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Charing Ball
Evillene: For real though, why couldn’t Mabel King be a good witch? And I’m just going to leave it at that…but since this is the newer version, let’s conceptualize ideas differently. Let’s have Phylicia Rashad, also known as black America’s favorite television mom, play the part of the new Wicked Witch of the West. Yes, a classy, sophisticated Cruella de Vil meets Joan Crawford-type of woman, who instead of Flying Monkeys (another cringe-worthy retrospect) had an army of yapping ankle-biting, chihuahuas named Chanel, Vuitton and Red Bottoms? Although it is a total reversal of her typecast, I could see Rashad playing the part of Evillene the evil sweatshop owner, very well – either her or Nicole Kidman.
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