I agree with you completely... Here are the lyrics where I totally understood what you were talking about...
A celebration throughout Oz
That's all to do with me!
And I'll stand there with the Wizard
Feeling things I've never felt
And though I'd never show it
I'll be so happy, I could melt!
And so it will be
For the rest of my life
And I'll want nothing else
Till I die
Held in such high esteem
When people see me, they will scream
For half of Oz's fav'rite team:
The Wizard
And I!
I rememeber after listening to the CD, I heard that part and I said to myself "There was a celebration throughout Oz, to do with Elphaba... and that was to do with her demise, not becuase of her popularity". It's kind of a thing you have to catch early on. Most people probably don't realize it, becuase, as you said... most already know what happens to her anyway.
It's kind of like Kate and Leopold... ever seen the movie?
NIL MAGNUM NISI BONUM "No greatness without goodness."
RENThead, enLIGHist, Ozalot, Grobanite, Ringer, Pickwick LW, Wicked, Lost, American Dreams, West Wing
Lea S. Hugh J. Adam P. Idina M. Matt M. Taye D.