While Wicked puts a revisionist spin on the earliest Oz tale, the story's connection to its original source material remains integral.
in 1900, it seems unlikely that he could have had any idea just how significant a role the story would come to play in pop culture. In the nearly 125 years since the novel's debut, it has evolved from a beloved book series to an
to a reimagined villain origin story to a mega-hit Broadway musical to a highly-anticipated two-part movie adaptation.film saga now in theaters, the iconic characters brought to life by Baum more than a century ago have reached their current, if not final, form. But whileputs a revisionist spin on the earliest Ozian tale, the story's connection to its original source material remains integral to its appeal.
Based on the award-winning 2003 Broadway musical, which itself was loosely inspired by Gregory Maguire's 1995 novelmovie tells the story of the unlikely friendship between Elphaba and Glinda and how they came to be known as the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch of Oz, respectively. The stage show and film both open with Glinda descending from the sky in a bubble to announce to the residents of Munchkinland that the Wicked Witch is indeed dead.
As for why stories about Oz and its inhabitants have continued to resonate with audiences for so many years, Chu chalks it up to the idea that"" was written at a time of America in transition," he told."At that point, the Depression had just finished and they’re about to go into war. And so it’s always a question of about what the American dream looks like when the road ends and what are the possibilities of the next thing.
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