Wicked is a well-renowned Broadway play that first premiered on October 30, 2003. Originally, Wicked was a novel written by Gregory MacGuire in 1995 about the life of Elphaba, a girl born with green skin and an odd allergy to water. The novel is supposed to be a prequel to The Wizard of Oz. On November 22, 2024, Wicked the movie was released to theaters across the country, starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.
Different brands and restaurant chains are raving about the new movie, like Starbucks, who came out with an Elphaba drink and a Glinda drink. A baking brand, Betty Crocker made a customized Wicked cake ball mix.
Last Sunday, December 8, I went to the AMC Palace in Downtown, Fort Worth to see Wicked. My overall review of the movie was about a 7/10. The movie is long, almost three hours, so by the end of it you are ready for the ending. However, the movie is filled with plot twists and reveals the true story of the Wicked Witch, who might not be so wicked after all.
The movie begins with Glinda the Good Witch telling the munchkins that the Wicked Witch is dead. Then, the movie goes back in time to when Elphaba was a little girl and explains her backstory. When Elphaba was a young girl, she was not a normal girl, starting with the fact that she had green skin and could do magic. Later in her childhood, she was sent to a wizarding school to practice and control her magic. She learns while she is in school, that she is uniquely powerful and Glinda, her roommate, is not.
The school’s headmaster takes her in to teach her privately. What Elphaba doesn’t know is that the teacher and the Wizard of Oz secretly work together and form a scheme that involves Elphaba’s power. In the end, Elphaba doesn’t let the evil acts get to her and stays true to herself in a world manipulated by the Wizard’s façade.
Overall, the movie was not what I expected, and I think that if you haven’t seen it already you definitely should while it’s still in theaters!
