Cowardly Lion (The Wiz)

The Cowardly Lion is a major character in The Wiz. The late Ted Ross portrayed him in both the play and movie. He was banished from the jungle for being a coward and joins Dorothy and her friends to get courage from The Wiz.
==History==
In the musical version, the Lion is played by Ted Ross . He is a senstive and poetic beast. Ted Ross won a Tony Award for the performance. In the movie version Ted Ross revived the role once more. This lion was banished from the jungle, He later relocated at a library disgusing himself as a statue, Once Dorothy and her friends come about, he leaps off the pedistal and scares them, but after Toto bites his paw, they soon realize he's a coward. They invite him to see the Wiz with them. Despite being a coward, he shows some bravery by saving his friends from a peddler and his subway monsters and even tells Dorothy not to give Evillene the Silver Slippers despite being strung up by his tail.
Unlike the original story, the Lion's real name is Fleetwood Coupe DeVille.
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