The Wiz

Fun for Friday: While revisiting The Wiz, the 1978 Motown adaptation of The Wizard of Oz starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson (a warped classic from my childhood), I couldn't help but gawk at the splendidly awful sparkling gold type used during the title sequence. There is gradient, there is gloss—in a way, we've almost returned to this, especially on the web. Interesting to consider a cyclical nature of graphic trends as we learn from/laugh at the past...