Ariana Grande's Glinda puts a hand to her chest in Wicked.
Although Wicked doesn’t devote too much screen time to explaining the plight of Animals in Oz, the movie adaptation of the musical does hint at a dark history for the oppressed class in the kingdom. Wicked is a re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz that tells the classic story from the perspective of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.
Posts1 Although Maguire’s novel and the Wicked movie differ significantly, the story of the three texts remains fairly consistent. Cynthia Eric’s Elphaba is born with green skin and ostracized as a result, until she attends Shiz University and meets Ariana Grande’s Glinda. Despite their initial shared loathing, Glinda and Elphaba eventually become best friends and travel to Oz. There, they meet The Wizard of Oz and attempt to advocate for the rights of Animals in Oz.
✕ Remove Ads Dillamond doesn’t get to break down the specifics of how The Wizard of Oz and his government are discriminating against animals, but the song “Something Bad” sees him talk with other concerned Animals about what is happening in Oz. The Animals discuss protestors who have been silenced or mysteriously disappeared, and one of Dillamond’s colleagues decides to leave the Kingdom before they are targeted.
✕ Remove Ads Dillamond hints at the possibility when he notes that a far larger number of Animals studied and taught at Shiz in earlier years, but he doesn’t directly attribute the University’s founding to Animals. This might be because this goes against the Wizard’s self-aggrandizing account of history, wherein he alone was responsible for Oz’s societal evolution.
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