defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#1defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:35amhow could people cry in that song? its not sad or anything and i really dont understand how when people write wicked reviews they say, " i cried in DG"
#2re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:37am
Because its a song of enpowerment and its the moment where Elphaba must make a huge sacrfice and leave behind all she's known to do what she thinks is right, she leaves her best friend and her dreams behind. The first time I saw it, when Idina sang it, I cried. It was my birthday and it was so powerful.
When Shoshana and Eden sang it the times I saw it, I clapped loudly, but no crying.
I cried during Wizard and I when I saw Shoshana, because I knew all she dreamed of would never come true.
#2re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:38amoh god please no more. no more. no more...
EdmundOG
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/05
#3re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:49am
I cried during Wizard and I when I saw Shoshana, because I knew all she dreamed of would never come true.
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Some of it does. There is a celebration all through Oz that's all to do with her, for example.
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#4re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:53am
all she does is go in the air and sing; how is that empowement?
wicked is so overrated its not even funny....
#5re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:56am^ If it's so over rated then why did you post a thread about it?
#6re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 11:58amlol. i am judging.
#7re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 12:06pm
No...actually it was kinda what I was thinking...
It's happy tears.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#8re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 12:08pm
Zeitoujo...maybe because it inspries some people. Perhaps it is a tad overrated, but many people enjoy it and are inspired sometimes by its performers, etc.
Why do people cry during "Forrest Gump"? All they do is act!
camp_actor
Featured Actor Joined: 1/5/04
#9re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 12:14pm
Why do people cry at Defying Gravity? Because they want to. Because it's some diva belting her tits off and going really high in the air - same reason they cry during Don't Rain On My Parade...
That's assuming that people cry in DROMP, though. I bet if Idina sang DROMP then people would cry. (How much are you loving my acronym for that song?) O wait, DROMP doesn't make Fanny fly! Bugger, my theory is ruined.
I think it's probably the same reason that people give standing ovations when a show isn't that good. They've paid money to cry and to ovate... £60 in London... if they can't whip a few tears out for £60 then what is the point?
#10re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 12:25pmThey cry for the same reason they laugh at "Popular"...it shows off what the characters are really like and the two songs have "meaning" to them...hope that helped.
#11re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 12:47pm
I personally don't feel WICKED is a show to cry over. It's just too corny to get my emotions.
If people cry over WICKED, how would they deal with FOLLIES? Well granted some of the crazy Wicklyn's wouldn't get FOLLIES.
#12re: defying gravity( not what you might be thinking)
Posted: 12/23/06 at 1:48pmI probably shouldn't answer that one...I've cried both times I've seen it. I agree that overall it's not really a show that you would sob over, but DG--uggh I can't even answer that one!
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