and I put on ͷe Wiz, that was a good sign. And if you
could sit and watch ͷe Wiz through the Scarecrow part,
I’m fucking. If you can sit through Michael Jackson’s scene,
that’s it, it’s on.
Well, Roscoe did not sit through The Wiz. ͳat’s because
he was acting the whole thing out. HE KNEW ALL THE
WORDS!
You know how white people do with ͷe Rocky Horror
Picture Show? Just like that.
Roscoe: “Come on, Tiĉ-a-Knee, come dance wiĉ me!
Ease on down, ease on down da rooooaaaad!”Oh my God, did he love this movie. It was like I dropped
into some musical theater summer camp in my own house.
But you know what? I love that movie, too! Fuck it, I got
up and danced and sang The Wiz with him.
By the time it got to the Lena Horne part, the end of the
movie, it was time for business. I leaned in and gave him a
little kiss on his cheek. He said:
Roscoe: “Ohhh Tiĉ-a-Knee, youu don’t wanna do dat,
don’t do dat, Tiĉ-a-Knee. You don’t know what’chu
gettin’ yursef into.”I leaned in, gave him another kiss. He got all serious:Roscoe: “Okay, Tiĉ-a-Knee, I seer-ee-us. I warned you
and I not gunna warn you no more. Don’t do that,