Post by Admin on Jul 16, 2014 19:24:32 GMT -4
„I was supposed to do „Roots”, but it was done during our own TV show [„The Jacksons TV Show”], and I couldn’t do it - I had an offer for that. That’s the kind of thing I’d like to be my first film [which was the 1978 „The Wiz”, a black-artist adapted film after the „Wonderful Wizzard of Oz”, by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 movie] - a big TV event, because then the most people can see it.”
* Note: „Roots” is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley’s work „Roots: The saga of an American Family”, a movie crossing racial barriers and piqueing the interest of families of all ethnic groups. The miniseries involved a West-African story on slavery and its tortures provoked by the American souldiers, the African victims that were sold, on the survival of generations of Blacks and the freedom of some as part of the ending. „Roots” and the novel from which the first miniseries was adapted revived interest in oral and genealogical history among all segments of the population, the music for the 1st episode being produced by Gerald Fried and Quincy Jones, who also contributed, among other consummate composers, to the music of „The Wiz”, including working with Jackson for 3 albums. „The Wiz” wasn’t as acclaimed as „Roots”, however Michael Jackson has received praises for his Scarecrow role that „best fits my style” and „that other kids feel sorry for”, critics viewing the entertainer as a "genuine acting talent" that "provided the only genuinely memorable moments.".
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