The 21 Funniest, Truest And Shadiest Memes That Came From 'The Wiz: Live'
NBC's "The Wiz: Live" premiered last night and in addition to stellar ratings, the fantastic production blew up on Twitter and other social media the whole evening.
With so many people live-tweeting the production, there were plenty of hilarious jokes that came out of it -- all in good fun, of course.
See 21 of the best below.
Hey, aren't we missing someone?
#WheresToto
Bad idea, Dorothy
We wonder if 'Ye knows
So true...
...especially if you're late.
There's always a place for Patti's pies
Like...
She did just breeze into town and kill two of its citizens within a couple days.
Even celebrities weighed in...
The shaaaaaaade of it all.
On The Wiz's entrance
And on the Wicked Witch's entrance, too
???
When Ne-Yo inadvertently made us all thirst
It is a long trip, after all
(Note: Tweet not actually from the Second Lady of these United States.)
Those poppies, tho
When Queen Latifah decided to leave the Emerald City
No, but really ... Queen was AMAZING.
Black Twitter rallied around the all-black production
They really did...
And they descended on the ignorance
It's fair to point out that the cast of the original "Wizard of Oz" had a 100% white cast.
On a lighter note...
Uzo was really *the most stunning* Glinda they could ever cast.
???
But really, with all the fun social media had with "The Wiz: Live"...
We all know the true benefit of a production like this.