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Witch from the East....


is black!!!

give me strength! They should just go all out and make Dorothy a man!

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Why does her colour matter?

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Seriously, I mean, last I looked, the Witch of the East was a mythical character with an unnatural skin colour, so why would there be any reason to be upset about any choice made?

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She might have been black all along. If I recall correctly nothing is ever seen of her but her striped stockings. Why are people so racist and stupid?

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It's called 'tone'. This is a radical departure from the basic tone of the entire Oz book series.

It's the same as making a My Little Pony movie that revolved around an apocalyptic suicide cult that ate the hearts of foals.

They tried this before with the "Return to Oz" movie in the 80's.

That didn't exactly go over very well, ya know?

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And then the charges of racism appear for making the villain a minority who gets run over by a white cop.

Oh god, I can see it all now... and it will be HILARIOUS!

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I know! She should be green like her sister!

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