History Awesome / TheWiz

* The Lion fighting back the monsters that came after him and his friends. Without this moment of courage, they'd all have been dead, or at least captured by the witch.

* The Lion attacking the weird puppets that came after him and his friends. Without this moment of courage, they'd all have been dead, or at least captured by the witch.

* The costumes were all pretty amazing too. Glinda's glowing dress, the green citizens of Oz, the terrifying Winged Warriors and Kalidahs. The Scarecrow was so well done he bordered on the UncannyValley. The costume designers have said they wanted to look to be more film quality as opposed to stage quality. It shows. They eventually won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program - mere months after the main costume designer, Paul Tazewell, picked up a Tony for designing the outfits of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.

* The costumes were all pretty amazing too. Glinda's glowing dress, the green citizens of Oz, the terrifying Winged Warriors and Kalidahs. The Scarecrow was so well done he bordered on the UncannyValley. The costume designers have said they wanted to look to be more film quality as opposed to stage quality. It shows. They won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program for their work.

* The costumes were all pretty amazing too. Glinda's glowing dress, the green citizens of Oz, the terrifying Winged Warriors and Kalidahs. The Scarecrow was so well done he bordered on the UncannyValley. The costume designers have said they wanted to look to be more film quality as opposed to stage quality. It shows.

* Harvey Fierstein has stated in multiple interviews that he hoped not to make Dorothy seem like a "victim", and tried to give her a more proactive role than some previous adaptations of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' did. In perhaps the most explicit example, Dorothy doesn't need anyone to prompt her to exploit Evillene's weakness against water, unlike in the play and movie of ''The Wiz''. Dorothy just grabs a bucket, dumps the water all over Evillene, and watches the liquid destroy the witch.[[note]]This does indeed hew a little closer to ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', in which Dorothy doused the Wicked Witch without anyone prompting her. Except, Baum's Dorothy didn't know beforehand that this would melt the Witch, and only wet her in an attempt to retrieve the Silver Slipper she stole.[[/note]]

* Harvey Fierstein has stated in multiple interviews that he hoped not to make Dorothy seem like a "victim", and tried to give her a more proactive role than some previous adaptations of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' did. In perhaps the most explicit example, Dorothy doesn't need anyone to prompt her to exploit Evillene's weakness against water, unlike in the play and movie of ''The Wiz''. Dorothy just grabs a bucket, dumps the water all over Evillene, and watches the liquid destroy the witch.[[note]]To boot, this hews a little closer to ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', in which Dorothy doused the Wicked Witch without anyone prompting her. Except, Baum's Dorothy didn't know beforehand that this would melt the Witch, and only wet her in an attempt to retrieve the Silver Slipper she stole.[[/note]]

* Unlike the play and the movie, Dorothy doesn't need anyone to prompt her to exploit Evillene's weakness against water. Dorothy just grabs a bucket, dumps the water all over Evillene, and watches the liquid destroy the witch.[[note]]To boot, this hews a little closer to ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', in which Dorothy doused the Wicked Witch without anyone prompting her. Except, Baum's Dorothy didn't know beforehand that this would melt the Witch, and only wet her in an attempt to retrieve the Silver Slipper she stole.[[/note]]

* The Lion attacking the weird puppets that came after he and his friends. Without this moment of courage, they'd all have been dead, or at least captured by the witch.

* Unlike the play and the movie, Dorothy doesn't need anyone to prompt her to exploit Evillene's weakness against water. Dorothy just grabs a bucket, dumps the water all over Evillene, and watches the liquid destroy the witch.[[note]]To boot, this does hew a little closer to ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'', except Baum's Dorothy didn't know about the Wicked Witch's weakness until after the Witch started melting.[[/note]]

* The costumes were all pretty amazing too. Glinda's glowing dress, the green citizens of Oz, the terrifying winged warriors and Kalidahs. The Scarecrow was so well done he bordered on the UncannyValley. The costume designers have said they wanted to look to be more film quality as opposed to stage quality. It shows.

%%!! The movie

* The costumes were all pretty amazing too. Glinda's glowing dress, the green citizens of Oz, the terrifying winged warriors and Kalidahs. The Scarecrow was so well done he bordered on the UncannyValley. The costume designers have said they wanted to look to be more film quality as opposed to stage quality. It shows.

* The Cowardly Lion dancing with the poppies until he ties them up in their own vines.