My family went to see Wicked on Christmas Day and it was really a mixed bag for me. On one hand a lot of the design and look of the film was good. The musical numbers and choreography seemed lively and entertaining. I was most surprised by the acting which I wasn’t expecting to be noteworthy but actually was quite good.
But the story…
The story is very much a left-wing fable, at least that’s how it came across to me in the theater. The plot is about the Wizard of Oz crushing a disfavored minority group (talking animals) and how the main character, Elpheba, becomes woke to this injustice in college and sets herself on a course to bring down the government to set things right. And it’s about how the government responds by labeling her the wicked witch.
I saw the musical maybe 10 years ago in Hollywood and I really enjoyed it. I don’t remember thinking at the…
