Interviewed at Sundance, Barris confirms that the script for his reimagining of “The Wizard of Oz” is completed. His version of Dorothy is a girl who lives in the Bottoms, which is a huge apartment complex located in Inglewood, California.
The original ‘Wizard of Oz' took place during the Great Depression and it was about self-reliance and what people were going through. I think this is the perfect time to switch the characters and talk about what someone imagines their life could be. It's ultimately a hero's journey, someone thinks something's better than where they're at, and they go and realize that where they're at is where they should be. I want people to be proud and happy about where they're from. But I want the world to take a look at it and I hope that will come through.
Barris also confirms that Paramount entrusted him in remaking Frank Capra's “It's a Wonderful Life.” Barris says that the story will also revolve around a person of color. He believes that the 1946 version's main character, indelibly played by Jimmy Stewart, was specially made for a POC:
It's a guy who's trying to help out his community and things are going to turn around on him. I think that's the perfect story to tell for a person of color — Black or brown — to get into that because our communities have some issues and someone trying to help that community out. I think that's the perfect vehicle to tell that story from.
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Are there literally no African classics? I remember so many African gods from the series American Gods (it wasn't very good but it was quite informative). Why not make a movie on Anansi, the mischievous African God for once instead of bullshiting away money on shitty remakes or we wuz kangzing about Wakanda
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!chuds there are indeed countless African stories (both fictional and real) of pretty much all subjects imaginable, but the issue is that these r-slurs are American Nationalists and Exceptionalists first and foremost, who do not care about Africa in the first place, they just want to ritually repeat the same formula of Americana Mythology and nothing else, if anything they openly hate Africa and African people, have you seen the beef between African-Americans and Nigerians/Ghanaians on Twitter? Africhuds are heckin problematic Christofascist bigots sweaty
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There's a great children's film that uses elements from real African folklore to show children overcoming divides of race and class. It's called Song of the South.
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How is it?
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I liked it. The live action scenes might feel a little slow compared to modern Disney animations. The animated parts are fun, good music, historically interesting as a film.
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Sounds fun, anywhere where I can watch it?
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Looks like there's a copy on the Internet Archive.
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Thank you
Why is not on Disney+ though? I thought Disney made it?
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Oh you didn't know? Disney hates black people.
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I'd love to see a story about Anansi. There's so much you could do with that
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already appropriated by dastardly mayos
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Lord of the Rings
The City of God
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Wdym?
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2 African authors.
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I actually didn't know Tolkien was born in SA, always assumed he was a generic bong
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I have a copy of this somewhere
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Those are African not African American though
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Sundjata
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Sundiata
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it's honestly on my list of things to watch after Gyeongseong Creature
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I won't watch it if Dorothy isn't twerking at the Bottoms.
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Don't the Wiz and that It's a Wonderful Life episode of Beavis and Butthead already exist?
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I was going to say. The Wiz came out in the 70's, sweaty. You are 46 years too late
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whenever i see that bell greentext
i think of the time my dad tried to put the wizard of oz on for my nieces and it was the black one lol. the kids loved it tho 
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We apparently know more about black culture than this guy.
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Someone ping chuds please.
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!chuds dey makin all black wizard of oz get in here!
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you mean the wiz?
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Yeah the wiz of chiraq
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the wicked witch is going to be a cis white man
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But they already did a black version of The Wizard of Oz, with Diana Ross in the lead role as an adult Dorothy. So if they want to remake that, sure, go ahead, but this is not the "wow, so original!" that it's been portrayed as.
As for "It's A Wonderful Life", I imagine about six people will go to see it in cinemas if it's ever made.
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Are BIPOCs so frail they need this much unwarranted overrep on things?
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It's been done tho
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)
Also it's impossible for white people to be poor sweaty
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Goodness... even the blackwashing is not original. How lazy can this director get??
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This neighbor forgot there already was a Wizard of Oz starring a PoC, it co-starred the Muppets and even they couldn't keep it from sucking
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RIP Michael Jackson
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I hope they go out of their way to explain they are in a rent controlled building to justify living in what will look like a 10k/month place
Dr who literally did this
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De'rayafee says moments before her pitbull mauls 7 munchkins
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I love how DEI ghouls try to convince us that diversity will greatly expand creative boundaries when in reality we just get unimaginative subversion.
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I thought it's a wonderful life was in public domain which is why they play it on Christmas because it's free. Who wants a shitty remake of a public domain IP?
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All mayos on the Great Plains look the same to him.
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I can't think of 2 movies that need to be remade less. If I wanted to do something BLACK I'd do a passion of the Christ / Ben hue type movie with black Jesus and disciples and white Romans. I want more sword and Sandles movies
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But we already had Emerald City with BIPOCS in lead roles
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