Wicked (1 Viewer)

[Optimus Prime]

Has anybody seen the play wicked? How is it?

I'm taking my girlfriend for her birthday next month

 

[LSSpam]

Do yourself a favor. Take her to a monster truck rally

 

[CHI-TOWNSAINT]

Where are you going to see it? That will make the biggest difference. It's a very good play, if you like plays, but the cast will make a difference.

 

[FullMonte]

Has anybody seen the play wicked? How is it?

I'm taking my girlfriend for her birthday next month

The wife and I saw it in Dallas this past summer. If you are familiar with The Wizard Of Oz (and who isn't?), it's a very entertaining show. They do an amazing job of explaining how the lion, tin man, and scarecrow came to be, as well as helping you to understand who the real villian was in the story....

and they do it all with a twisted sense of humor...

 

[Optimus Prime]

Where are you going to see it? That will make the biggest difference. It's a very good play, if you like plays, but the cast will make a difference.

I'm going to see in in Chicago

 

[inetnawlins]

My wife and I saw it in New York and it was awesome. You'll enjoy it more than you expect, especially if remember the Wizard of Oz well.

 

[TheDeparted]

I've been dying to take my wife, but there are no local showings

 

[eaglefreak]

I'm going to see in in Chicago

The wife and I saw it in NYC and in ATL. I'm married to an actress and theatre teacher. This is a great musical. I'm not crazy for all plays/musicals, but this is really good. You will earn some good brownie points by taking your girl to this. We've had friends see it in Chicago that liked it better than NYC.

 

[Sandman]

I thought it was one of the better shows I have seen. You will enjoy it.

 

[DBosso1981]

Its really good man. You should def check it out

 

[Breesway]

I've seen it 3 times on Broadway and once in Houston. By far my favorite play. Its got something for everyone and the music is awesome

 

[Bleu Raeder]

I read the books (yes, there is more than one) and have seen the play. But have you seen the movie yet? I was semi-surprised there was no thread on the movie:

 

[boutrous]

I read the books (yes, there is more than one) and have seen the play. But have you seen the movie yet? I was semi-surprised there was no thread on the movie:

It surpassed my expectations. I thought it was really well done.

 

[livefromDC]

It surpassed my expectations. I thought it was really well done.

I'm not surprised. While the two leads have both made some public miscues and blunders over the years, they are both extremely talented singers. Each has the powerful voice necessary to pull off the transition from Broadway hit to silver screen. Disney understands casting and world building if nothing else. That's a good combination when attempting to adapt theatre to screen.

 

[Saintman2884]

It surpassed my expectations. I thought it was really well done.

I can see and understand how the Wizard might be seen as the true villian, but is he more misguided genius then some sociopathic, amoral antagonist? He's a deeply flawed individual and sure, from Dorothy's perspective, she'll eventually be used or co-opted to fight the Wicked Witch in a war she doesn't fully understand the deep context of nor the complex world she got magically transported to from Kansas, still that doesn't necessarily excuse Elphaba/Wicked Witch eventually going postal and becoming 5x worse then the Wizard of Oz.I understand Elphaba's reasoning to an extent but not on that deeper, visceral level like X-Men's Magneto. Magneto was a Polish Jewish mutant who survived the Holocaust but lost his family in the process, along with 6 million of his own people. He's right, IMHO, to blame and hate humanity for that GD bullshirt genocide. And its not just the Holocaust people like Magneto can say "Humanity has forked up TIME AND TIME AGAIN. But Elphaba's grievances, while pertinent and understandable, aren't on Magneto's level, IMHO. To me, he never was a villian, just mutants' Malcolm X to Charles Xavier's MLK Jr. Magneto's rage and grievances against humanity, especially as it relates to his fears that it will happen all over again, comes from a very rational, logical place. He's not some amoral, vile insane " chaos anarchist" like the Joker or some brooding, deluded psychopathic spree serial killer mutant like Saber-tooth.All just MHO.

I'm not surprised. While the two leads have both made some public miscues and blunders over the years, they are both extremely talented singers. Each has the powerful voice necessary to pull off the transition from Broadway hit to silver screen. Disney understands casting and world building if nothing else. That's a good combination when attempting to adapt theatre to screen.

I'm sure Griande is a talented actress but Cynthia Erivo clearly makes this Broadway hit transition well to a Hollywood blockbuster. I've seen quite a few of her movies as well as a T.V. series she was in and she excelled and stellar in all of them. Casting her as Elphaba as well as casting Jeff Goldblum as the calculating, scheming Wizard were probably the smartest decisions Disney made to make this two-part film work. Erivo is charismatic, intelligent, has a wide-range and is very skilled at projecting empathy that we sympathize and understand her character's motivations.

They also have a talented supporting cast to fall back on that builds up the movie's other major/minor story arcs.