I highly recommend reading the books, which are four at least, if I recall, in the Wicked series by Gregory Macquire. There’s much more to the duo of Glinda and Elphaba, and more to their friendship and partnership.
Part II is also not the end of the saga..I c didn’t finish the series so I don’t know the end: the popularized version in song is like but also unlike the novels. The Wicked Witches evil-ness should be suspect, as all things in Oz. We have the 1900s, 1930s version by Frank Baum which was full of political commentary, actually, and we also have Wicked…they’re not the same.
Glinda knows the truth of all of it, the question is also, and always, if good people rise above and affirm what’s good and needs help or make a pact with what is truly wicked, collaborating or appeasing or becoming complicit…
Think about it, how does a rebel against injustice become the one who is deemed to be Wicked?
There’s much more to the green witch’s story, and the deep allegory of the imperfect Baum and what Gregory Macquire is trying to say in our day, from the 1995 book and series. The first two books of Wicked are brilliant and speak to us today…
I highly recommend reading the books, which are four at least, if I recall, in the Wicked series by Gregory Macquire. There’s much more to the duo of Glinda and Elphaba, and more to their friendship and partnership.
Part II is also not the end of the saga..I c didn’t finish the series so I don’t know the end: the popularized version in song is like but also unlike the novels. The Wicked Witches evil-ness should be suspect, as all things in Oz. We have the 1900s, 1930s version by Frank Baum which was full of political commentary, actually, and we also have Wicked…they’re not the same.
Glinda knows the truth of all of it, the question is also, and always, if good people rise above and affirm what’s good and needs help or make a pact with what is truly wicked, collaborating or appeasing or becoming complicit…
Think about it, how does a rebel against injustice become the one who is deemed to be Wicked?
There’s much more to the green witch’s story, and the deep allegory of the imperfect Baum and what Gregory Macquire is trying to say in our day, from the 1995 book and series. The first two books of Wicked are brilliant and speak to us today…