richard pryor played the scarecrow in the wiz (all black wiz of oz).
richard pryor played the scarecrow in the wiz (all black wiz of oz).
who played the scarecrow in the wiz (all black wiz of oz)?
richard pryor
hinton battle originated the role of the scarecrow in the 1975 broadway musical "the wiz", and michael jackson played the scarecrow in the 1978 film adaptation. this version of the scarecrow was a more tragic character before dorothy rescues him; while hung on his pole, the crows he is unable to scare, who force him to humiliate himself and entertain them, torment him day and night. they force him to sing the song, "you can't win", meaning that he cannot escape the crows' rule and his bad luck. while stan winston created jackson's makeup, it was applied to jackson's face by michael r. thomas who portrayed the scarecrow in barry mahon's "the wonderful land of oz" (1969), as well as doing the makeup for that film. elijah kelley portrayed the scarecrow in the tv special "the wiz live!", as well as the farmhand sticks.
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the wiz is a broadway musical based on "the wonderful wizard of oz".









































the wiz may also refer to:









































bullet::::- "the wiz" (film), the 1978 film adaptation of the broadway musical









































bullet::::- "the wiz" (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film









































bullet::::- the wiz (store), former chain of american electronics stores









































bullet::::- the wiz, nickname of jeff farmer (footballer) (born 1977), australian rules footballer









































bullet::::- the wiz, nickname of davey whitney (1930–2015), american college basketball head coach









































bullet::::- the wiz, a system by da vinci systems, a digital cinema company









































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bullet::::- wiz (disambiguation)
the wiz (disambiguation)