Cynthia Erivo’s On-Air Confession That She’s Never Seen ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Sparks Mass Exodus of Munchkins
In what historians are calling the most devastating blow to Oz tourism since the Flying Monkeys union strike, Academy Award-nominated actress Cynthia Erivo admitted live on a morning talk show that she has not, in fact, ever watched the 1939 film classic The Wizard of Oz. The revelation came just hours after fans had wrapped their brains around her casting as Elphaba in the upcoming Wicked movie, and the internet instantly divided into two camps: those asking “How?” and those begging the Yellow Brick Road to get out of the way. “I was too busy perfecting the battle cry,” Erivo reportedly shrugged, as a thousand ruby slippers were spontaneously clicked in confusion across the globe.