Much better movie than I expected! (But still too long -- should've been one movie)
I too had never see the stage play and don't know how it ends. But I'm asking: Do the events of the actual Wizard of Oz not happen? Is that supposed to be anti-Elphaba propaganda? Cuz I'm with here at this point, but I don't see how -- no matter how unfair she's treated -- she can end up terrorizing Dorothy and all the rest and not be, well, wicked.
(Interesting theory about "working from within" and "working from outside". I found Galinda to be such a 100% horrible person that I had a different prediction -- that ultimately Elphaba is the "hero" and Galinda sort of has a later awakening/redemption. Mostly because it didn't strike me as the most solid plotting, and they were just kinda pulling things out of their ass. I like your version much better!)
RE: Dorothy & Co., I guess we’ll have to wait for Part II for clarity! Haha. I’ve sort of assumed that it’s a retelling, not a straight setup that regards 1939’s “Wizard of Oz” as strictly canon. 🙂 And agreed, I do think Glinda has sort of a later awakening, which maybe we see the beginnings of in “Defying Gravity”? Who knows, I may be way off base!
Much better movie than I expected! (But still too long -- should've been one movie)
I too had never see the stage play and don't know how it ends. But I'm asking: Do the events of the actual Wizard of Oz not happen? Is that supposed to be anti-Elphaba propaganda? Cuz I'm with here at this point, but I don't see how -- no matter how unfair she's treated -- she can end up terrorizing Dorothy and all the rest and not be, well, wicked.
(Interesting theory about "working from within" and "working from outside". I found Galinda to be such a 100% horrible person that I had a different prediction -- that ultimately Elphaba is the "hero" and Galinda sort of has a later awakening/redemption. Mostly because it didn't strike me as the most solid plotting, and they were just kinda pulling things out of their ass. I like your version much better!)
RE: Dorothy & Co., I guess we’ll have to wait for Part II for clarity! Haha. I’ve sort of assumed that it’s a retelling, not a straight setup that regards 1939’s “Wizard of Oz” as strictly canon. 🙂 And agreed, I do think Glinda has sort of a later awakening, which maybe we see the beginnings of in “Defying Gravity”? Who knows, I may be way off base!