Need an uplifting song? Something that'll make you cry a little while still feeling happy? Listen to Lena Horne's version of If You Believe from the film production of the musical The Wiz. The Wiz is a soul music version of The Wizard of Oz featuring Diana Ross as Dorothy, Michael Jackson as The Scarecrow, Lena Horne as Glinda the Good Witch, and Richard Pryor as The Wizard.
If you really want a treat, watch the whole film. The recreation of the classic story in the urbanized setting is brilliant and the dancing is great fun. I particularly like Michael Jackson's Ease on Down the Road. All the while Dorothy wants to return to Harlem (home). The Cowardly Lion, and the Tin Man are also present searching for the usual things. Everything is set within an analogue of New York City, and we meet the Lion as he comes out of the stone lions in front of the NY Public Library. Dorothy has the silver slippers and therefore the group gains entrance into the Emerald City.
Dorothy and company must first take down the Wicked Witch of the West (Evillene), who runs a sweatshop beneath the city and sends out a motorcycle gang (the flying monkeys) to kidnap them when she finds out that they plan to kill her. Through a series of events which include a chase scene and the moment where Toto's life is threatened, Dorothy hits the fire sprinkler and kills Evillene who is "allergic to water."
With the Wicked Witch dead the sweatshop people are freed and the Wizard shows the crew that what they wanted was with them all along.
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