The Oscars couldn’t resist leaning all the best way into Depraved, probably as a result of they knew its stars wouldn’t be up on-stage for a lot else — properly, till subsequent yr, after I assume Cynthia Erivo will win for the cumulative work of each motion pictures, except Meryl Streep comes alongside and decides she’d like one other one (the Academy, like Martin Quick, can’t resist her attract). Accordingly, we acquired two songs from The Wiz, one from Depraved, and naturally, the one which began all of it: “Someplace Over the Rainbow,” a eternally traditional that Ariana did justice — all whereas dressed as arguably the movie’s most well-known prop.
