Revising Wicked
Revising Wicked
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#0Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:46amDid a search, couldn't find anything. If you were given the task of revising the book of the musical, what would you change?
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#1re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:50am
id build up fiyero a little more so it didnt seem so sudden that hes in love elphaba.
#2re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:51am
id cUt out the pARt of IDEna
JK
I think I would do what Mistress said, and fix up Dancing Through Life.....
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Leading Actor Joined: 1/7/05
#3re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:54am
I know this is a big part of the show but its sometimes why people hate it...
The whole cruelty to animals thing...thats kind of a weak part of the story if there was one. Even though I love Wicked, i think they could work on that...
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#4re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 12:04pmI agree with Mistress. But if you look he does make EXTREMELY sublte hints that he does. But its not obvious at all
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#5re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 12:06pmI would not have Elphaba be responsible for creating the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly lion and be more truthful to Baum's OZ history where these characters are concerned.
The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.
BEKA531
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#6re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 12:16pmmake the time dragon clock a larger part of the plot. it is very important in the novel, and just seems to be part of the scenery in the show.
#7re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 12:20pm
flesh out nessa's character more.
add more to fyiero, as stated by others
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#8re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 2:31pmI would add more Fiyero and more Boq. In the book he has a much larger part then he does in the actual show and I really like his character. And I agree that the whole cruelty to animals thing, while trying to give off a good message of morality, is a weaker point in the story line. I do think they could work on that a little more.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#9re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 2:35pm
I would turn Oz into a large Nude beach, invite Idina back into the show....
JK, of course
#10re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 3:02pmmake it truer to the show. ie: make it darker
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BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#12re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 4:38pmYeah the show has been censored a bit from the book which kind of sucks because I think the story is supposed to be dark. But thats just me.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
#13re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 4:42pmhave Elphaba bash Morrible's head in like in the book.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#15re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 4:49pmHav Boq be more like he was in the book. Instead of the geeky musical rendition. He such a little perv...
#16re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 4:55pmI would have Stephen Sondheim re-write the entire thing - sticking closely to the actual book, of course.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
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#17re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:00pmBSoBW every post u've made today has to do with nudity. How strange. I bet sondeheim would do a good job with the show.
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Updated On: 1/30/05 at 05:00 PM
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#19re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:03pmGood point.
CAGES OR WINGS? WHICH DO YOU PREFER? ASK THE BIRDS. FEAR OR LOVE, BABY? DON'T SAY THE ANSWER, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#20re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:05pm
but yes, idina would be naked when she eats everyone
then, in the finale, she would spring on a nude JLT's f;ying bubbly using her own flying powers...eat her....then fall off the bubble on to Joey......and bte him on the nose.....
#21re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:30pm
It's raunchy, it's risque, I love it BSoBW2!
Haha!
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#23re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:55pm
hahaha love it BSoBW2!
Yeah they turned Boq into a geeky schoolboy in the show which really sucks. They need to completely redo Boq and Nessarose in the show, and give them more stage time and solos.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
#24re: Revising Wicked
Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:59pm
Add Tick Tock (the role can be quite humorous). Have him kill Dillimond, programmed by Mme. Morrible,
and have Elphie bash Morrible's face in with the Trophy -
The way it was INTENDED!
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"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
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