Wicked

We saw the film a couple days ago. We enjoyed it very much. 4* out of 5.

I walked out feeling a bit torn that for my entire like (60 yrs), I have been led to believe that the WWoftheN was a horrible person. Now, I see that she was not always so bad but a byproduct of people's prejudices because of her skin color and unearthly powers that could have been harnessed for good if only the folks around her were more tolerant.

Keep in mind this has nothing to do with L. Frank Baum's original Oz books. The musical was based on a revisionist novel that was written in the 90s after the characters and setting became public domain. Its high profile fanfiction, essentially.