The Wiz Star Avery Wilson Talks His ‘Bold’ Scarecrow Performance in Hit Broadway Revival
Did you grow up watching The Wiz?
Oh my gosh! The movie I grew up with as a kid, for sure. Over and over again I remember watching “You Can’t Win,” that specific scene, but the crazy thing is that I never envisioned myself being in the role. I just was so, I guess, in awe or enamored by Michael Jackson and not seeing him be the entity that he is with the hat and the glove and the sparkles and the this. He was a very different thing on screen. It was a transformative thing that I thought was so interesting to me. But I feel like it’s just a part of our culture, to be honest. It’s something that we all grew up with, I feel like, whether it be the stage play or the movie, but the movie was my introduction.
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