Stephanie Mills on Playing Dorothy in OG 'The Wiz', Why Diana Ross Was Cast for the Film (Part 1) 

its tooo slow

​@WOUNDSOFPASSION but yet you are still watching. How are you going to Say f*** Vlad but you're on his platform giving him good algorithm Especially with comments

@@WOUNDSOFPASSION He has one! Isn't this Shawn from SayCheese??

@@aChosenWon no

Made F vlad stanking ass.

Man I wish whit was alive to be interviewed. Huff! Such a tragic ending from a tortured soul

How is she underrated as a vocalist when her vocal talents are praised and highlighted all round.

I agree I’m just saying she’s not talk about enough like Aretha Whitney or Patti she need to be praised more

she is not underrated, she peaked by 1988 and she is a Grammy winner.. She had her moments.. The mere fact that her legacy is mostly filled with talk of her being in The Wiz, takes away from her peak years in the 1980s when she was a huge R&B star.. Also, she keeps contradicting herself in interviews, she complains that she wasn't able to crossover into pop but yet she says she only wanted to do R&B anyway.. She claims that record companies only wanted White artists to do R&B.. Outside of The Wiz, she doesn't have much to tell about her story unless she is truthful with herself. Music styles were changing in the early 1980s and Stephanie's sound did not change with the times, there was also a lot of competition with the introduction of Whitney Houston and Anita Baker among others. Truthfully, by 1985, Stephanie's career was pretty much over.

@@mamadouaziza2536 yep, she's a timepiece. An artist only known for a specific time. Which would be the 80s for her

@@awesome1990s I agree.. All these people in the comments are praising her but where were they when she needed them? She released two albums in the 1980s that bombed. She released a pop song that the Black community and Black radio did not support. She needed her people when the industry was on Whitney's, Anita's & Karen White's bandwagon.. In the mid to late 1980s the market became over saturated with Black female artists and many crossed over and that when Stephanie got lost but she was able to score a #1 R&B hit in 1988. Yes, Stephanie even tried being a dance performer.. There was Pebbles, Vanessa Williams, Karen White, Jody Watley, Shanice, Stacy Lattisaw, Melissa Morgan, Shannon, Anita Baker, Cherelle, Janet Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Rebe Jackson, Natalie Cole, Salt n Pepa, the Whitney Houston Clones and a few White chicks that could sing R&B like Sheena Easton. Also, Paula Abdul was putting out her debut album around that time. Man, thats when the competition was big!

Yeah she amazing

L like 33⅙

we knew this already...

@@mamadouaziza2536 .... Please, SPEAK FOR YOURSELF !!!!!!!!

@@tdad8683 Who else am I speaking for? Facts: Stephanie Mills was not cast in the movie version of The Wiz.

@@mamadouaziza2536 We knew this already...

Her middle name is Dorotea! Destiny in action!

FACTS

Yea, when she’s not overdoing it.

She is a legend among legends. Her music was in my world. Anyone underrating her it’s their loss.

Stephanie never "flies under the radar" she just knows how to keep herself out of mess, even when at times she can spark up a social media conversation lol.

She handled the Versus with Chaka Khan with Class

Damn I wish I had a time machine. I ro k with the Tru School artist more than these new artists

Same here, I saw her when I was 17, there is no one that can sing "Home" like her!!! This song with Stephanie singing will play at my funeral.

Oops correction, I met Natalie Cole. not Stephanie. Sorry!!!!! 😂😂🤣🤣

I'm not surprised.

She should of been n The Wiz film

I saw her in "The Wiz" when I was 11 and it was the first time I felt my spirit move. I had never stood to my feet for anyone EVER up to that point, but I found myself mesmerized by her performance. It was so magical to me, especially when she clicked her heals three times during that last note while singing "Home."

I remember that Wonderama appearance with Ralph Carter. You have a great memory!

@@valerieharper3501 Back in the early 70's Wonderama, Soul Train and a bowl of Fruit Loops on Saturday & Sunday mornings was my life 😂

I'm hating all yall that saw the Broadway play. She would of been a much better fit n the film. Diana was 2 old 4 that roll & she was always crying. Hell the film is just crazy

Idk about that...

U can almost hear him smiling

​@@royrichardson9164 Hater spotted.

You had the chance to meet Mrs. Thomas from What's Happening?? I love her!! How was she in person??

@@lisasangria1086 She was very nice. My little brother was standing in her way when she was trying to come into the room and she kindly said"Excuse baby" I need to get in and smiled. My dad was like "Jay" move out the way for Ms. King". lol I

MABEL KING!!!!!

@@dominiquejones3805 Yup! lol

@@johnsonzz-jw3oz "Mama I can't breathe...." Legendary

Man she's another queen of soul, she's right beside patti labelle,aretha Franklin and gladys knight, and another underrated artist I absolutely love is Angela winbush, she should be beside them as well

No where near underrated in my eyes, She has a Movie, Tv Special and headlining several shows that are already sold out, and were only in the 2nd month of the year! That’s what legends do

@StephanieMills_fanpage Stephanie is an absolute LEGEND and her talent is amazing. I feel she's underrated because in the era when she was really hot, there were others like Chaka Kkan, Anita Baker, and Whitney Houston, for example that got more media attention. Stephanie, as a triple threat performer, was #1 talent wise in my eyes during that time!

@@philb.1502 yes indeed, I couldn't explain it better

When you don't do drugs and sleep around in Hollywood..you're career looks like this. To bad Whitney couldn't learn from her😒

Idk about "beyond beautiful" 😂😂

@@jojosurrayyah 😂😂 be nice!

@@Pharoe29 ijs 😂😂

Gotta stop tearing each other down. No disrespect to any commenter on this thread. I dont see any other people's talking bad about their people in public. Build each other up, yall!!! ❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰

@@HI-lq4vl That’s a fact 💯

Love she brings her son out on stage. Stephanie just comes across as a genuine beautiful soul

Every time I watch Diana cry with strong emotions while singing Home at the end of the movie, I get cold chills and it moves me. She puts her own stamp on the song and it’s beautiful. I love Stephanie Mills and I feel she has an amazing voice, thank you ladies for not cursing or opening your legs during a performance!

Diane was for sure. 💯💯

Yepp for “Never Knew Love Like This Before”. She actually beated Diana Ross, who was nominated in the same category as Stephanie Mills the same year.

@@TheDondon14 Diana doesn’t even have a Grammy. I wonder what was up with that?

@@TheDondon14 that's what Diana gets 4 throwing her weight around & cheating Stephanie outta The Wiz when she clearly was the better choice

Say it again sister👍🏽

Please stop with this dumb sh*t. First off Stephanie Mills isn’t ANCIENT. She’s still fairly young. And it’s PLENTY of BAD, OLD looking older black women walking around out here. Black cracks, sags, molds and everything else like any other human.

Lol u must be new to vlad! 😂 if so welcome and u will stay…

She was not cast in the Wiz movie because the studio wanted a 'star' to lead the film. The movie would not have been made if Diana Ross was not attached to it, this is what Universal Studios said at the time..

@@mamadouaziza2536 I will say this what God has for you it is for you, Diana had the power to move movie producers then she should have let Stephanie play Dorothy and Diana play Glinda, also looking at the history of the Wiz God has blessed Stephanie Mills twice in one lifetime with the original run , inspite of the movie and blessed her all most what 30 years later in the wiz live at this point you can’t tell me you can have wiz with out Stephanie mills , and the fact God pretty much acted according with Diana Ross film career , you can’t take somebody else destiny , also If they didn’t make a big scale movie a play on film with what budget they did have would be find

@@newcreature222 The role in the movie was never offered to Stephanie Mills... A lot of Broadway performers never make it into the movie version of the play that they were in.. The Wiz was never going to be made by Universal Studios unless Diana Ross was attached. Julie Andrews was axed for My Fair Lady in favor of Audrey Hepburn because Audrey was a huge star at that time. Julie was just a Broadway actress. Stephanie Mills should be glad she wasn't in The Wiz because the film was poorly received by critics and the public, not because of Diana Ross, but because it wasn't a good movie, they should have hired a director who was use to directing musicals instead of hiring Sidney Lumet, who was a director of drama/action movies. Grease the movie came out the same year as The Wiz and Grease was a huge hit because it was led by two huge stars. If John Travolta and Olivia Newton John weren't cast in Grease, the movie would most likely have bombed. You have to have a huge star to front a big movie such as The Wiz and Stephanie wasn't a star in Hollywood..

@@newcreature222 Diana Ross' film career was short because no one in Hollywood wanted to work with her and Motown because of they knew it would be a 'Diana Ross' movie and they would be in the shadows.. A lot of people refused to work with Barbra Streisand because of the same reason, Robert Redford was very reluctant to work with Barbra because he assumed he would get lost in the movie.. After The Wiz, Diana Ross was still in great demand as an actress but she turned down anything that required her to sing, she was the original actress for the movie The Bodyguard in 1980 with Ryan O'Neal.. Because Diana turned it down, the movie just sat for 11 years until Kevin Costner was attached and he hired Whitney Houston.. Also, Diana Ross has stated that she herself did not like spending time on movie sets just waiting around until she was called on set, she said she could be spending that time at home with her kids.

Lip sync

Did her lips 👄 sink? 😂😂😂

@@huntingtonparkway thank you i misspelled the words😳

huh? Stephanie Mills is not underrated, she peaked in the late 1980s and had her moments, she is a Grammy winner..

It is so refreshing to see VladTV expand beyond the gangsters, drug dealers and rappers. I'm still hoping Vlad will interview Sheila E one day.

@Kirk Williams 💯 so true!!

💯 Her song "Power Of Love" is everything!! A True Legend..

@MD3 DA SNIPA Hey! 😊...I've noticed you have a good variety of taste in good music, for someone kinda young. I really like that!!

@@char_d.0908 💯

I would love to hear her stories!

they did a dope interview with questlove when Anita was still alive from a few years ago.

He should date her

@@oholm09 He should've married her.

@@oholm09 he did !

​@@oholm09 he did date her

@@waynejeffery6995 yes for minute