History YMMV / TheWiz

** To be fair, they are wearing yellow underwear...and they are the Yellow Winkies.

** At the end, the Wiz (aka failed New Jersey politician Herman Smith) reveals he lives a lonely, terrified life, and begs Dorothy and her friends not to leave:

* FridgeLogic: Dorthy repeatedly [[FailingATaxi Fails a Taxi]], who don't take black passengers. But if everyone in Oz is black, then who do the taxis drive around?

* TheWoobie: Arguably The Scarecrow who starts out being tortured by the crows and is similarly abused throughout the movie. Being played by a 19-year-old Michael Jackson helped.

* EarWorm: "Ease on Down the Road" and "Everybody Rejoice (Brand New Day)".
** "You Can't Win" is pretty catchy too.
** No love for "Slide Some Oil to Me"?
** Or "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News"?

* NightmareFuel: The subway scene from the growing puppets to the living pillars.

* FridgeLogic: Dorthy repeatedly [[FailingATaxi Fails a Taxi]]. But if everyone in Oz is black, then who do the taxis drive around?

* FridgeLogic: Dorthy repeatedly [[FailingACTaxi Fails a Taxi]]. But if everyone in Oz is black, then who do the taxis drive around?

* FridgeLogic: Dorthy repeatedly [[FailingACab Fails a Cab]]. But if everyone in Oz is black, then who do the taxis drive around?

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Oz features hookers, an opium den, and a (mostly) clothing-optional musical number.

** During the second season of ''{{American Idol}}'', during the movie theme week, one of the contestants sung "You Can't Win" as their choice which didn't agree with the judges. In the following elimination round, he was knocked out of the running.

* TheWoobie: Arguably The Scarecrow who starts out being tortured by the crows and is similarly abused throughout the movie. Being played by a 19-year-old Michael Jackson helped.

* AngstWhatAngst: Averted in the movie in that Dorothy is deeply upset to be lost in a MagicalLand, and sometimes scared to tears by Oz's darker side. The fact that her distress is listed below under {{Wangst}} makes this a good example of why this trope exists -- to quote the page: "...it isn't fun for those real children to read about people like themselves screaming in terror as their lives fall apart, so the fictional children don't."

* AngstWhatAngst: Averted in the movie in that Dorothy is deeply upset to be lost in a MagicalLand, and sometimes scared to tears by Oz's darker side. The fact that her distress is listed below under {{Wangst}} makes this a good example of why this trope exists -- it's not much fun to watch a hero constantly be upset for two-plus hours.

* AngstWhatAngst: Averted in the movie -- Dorothy is deeply upset to be lost in a MagicalLand, and sometimes scared to tears by Oz's darker side.

* MostAnnoyingSound: "TEEEEEEENY, TEEEEEEEENY, TEEEEEEEEENY, TEEEEEEEENY, TEEEEEEEEENY..."

* {{Wangst}}: Don't do a DrinkingGame of how many times Dorothy sobs piteously. You'll be passed out after 30 minutes.

* EmotionalAbuse: the crows to the Scarecrow. They tell him that they've been dedicating themselves to giving him an education, but he's so stupid, so useless, such a failure, why doesn't he just listen to what they say? They basically use the trust he has in them to rip his self-esteem into tiny little pieces, and set the tiny little pieces on fire.

* VindicatedByHistory: The film is viewed a bit more positively nowadays (especially among the black community), to the point where it has become something of a {{cult classic}}. Though there's still plenty of people that view it as a bad film, you're just as likely to find people that like it and defend it.

* VindicatedByHistory: The film is viewed a bit more positively nowadays (especially among the black community), to the point where it's become something of a {{cult classic}}. Though there's still plenty of people that view it as a bad film, you're just as likely to find people that like it and defend it.

* VindicatedByHistory: The film is viewed more positively nowadays, particularly among the black community. Though there's still plenty of people that view it as a bad film, you're just as likely to find someone that likes it and defends it.