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Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Ted Ross, and Nipsey Russell in The Wiz (1978)

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The Wiz

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Continuity

During the "Brand New Day" dance sequence, the sweat stains on Dorothy's armpits appear and disappear.
In the subway scene, the Peddler wears white tennis shoes in the close-up, but in the wide shot, he wears dark-colored boots.
After Dorothy is awakened by the Tin Man's tears, she sits up and wipes her face with both hands. However, in the next shot, when Toto awakens, Dorothy is still sleeping because her hands and arms are still down.
After the sprinklers have turned off, everyone is suddenly dry.
When Dorothy and company arrive to meet the Wiz after saying bye to Cheetah and having to use the back door, the layout of where they are standing outside does not match the interior wall and entrance as they walk in.

Revealing mistakes

When the red people are dancing in front of a camera at the Emerald City, a giant screen that shows the people dancing. A red woman goes in front of the people and does a dance, but her movement on the screen does not match the moves that she makes in front of the camera.
In the subway, Tinman gets electrocuted by two wires snaking out of a fusebox, but he starts to react to them before they even touch his head.
When Dorothy and the group find the Emerald City skyline, there is a shot from the front of them as they are walking down the Brooklyn Bridge, but when the scene cuts to that shot, you can tell that the four of them and especially Toto sitting are all waiting, standing still, for the cue to start walking.
When Dorothy, Tinman, and Scarecrow are walking in front of the Library building before meeting the Lion, on the left side of the screen you can see they are coming out from behind the matted shot, instead of walking in front of the building.

Crew or equipment visible

During the wide shot in "Slide Some Oil to Me" when Tinman is dancing in front of the mirrors, there's a large hole in the canvas behind him. A camera is visible through the hole, as is a reflection of him dancing in the camera lens.

Errors in geography

Aunt Em comments that Dorothy has never been south of 125th Street in the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem. However, Dorothy later gives her address as being on Prospect Place, which is in Brooklyn, miles southeast of Harlem.

Plot holes

When Dorothy is to click her heels to go home, she is never seen getting Toto, but she appears to be carrying him once she's back home.

Character error

The Scarecrow is still learning how to walk after he gets down from the pole. When Dorothy runs to the taxis, the Scarecrow walks perfectly to another place behind Dorothy. When they sing "Ease on Down," the Scarecrow is sill trying to walk to the Yellow Brick Road.

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