WICKED! — Page 2

Their relationship is much easier to see when have you the right actress playing Galinda, I think

Katie Rose Clarke (tour) really did a wonderful job as Galinda. She made it seem like the only reason she said those mean things to Elphaba, was because her friends wanted her to. Her Galinda did whatever she could to make her followers happy. A really good example was when she said she knew Elphaba before the scene at Shiz. She said "yes I knew her" very proudly. Then once the crowd gasped she then tried to cover it up with the "our paths did cross at school."

Katie's Galinda liked Elphaba, but it was her friends who she was trying to please, and make fun of Elphaba.

Wow, does that even make sense? My mind just kind of threw up.

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Broadway122, that is terrific characterization on her part, because making her followers happy is Galinda's sole purpose as the Good Witch, she tells all those citizens what they want to hear to make them happy. So for her to carry that characteristic through the entire show is some great character development on Katie Rose Clarke's part.

I was just thinking about this today, with Ave Q closing and how that probably is a better show than Wicked, because every character in Ave Q has many dimensions to them and a purpose (even if they can't find it just yet), with Wicked, I feel like Elphaba, Galinda & The Wizard are the only ones who truly have depth to them. Fiyero & Nessa have some depth, but really aren't well written roles.

I don't get it?
Why is everyone arguing about Wicked?

I have a question is Wicked suppose to be written to adults or teens?

I never understood the Fiyero. It seems like he got captured or something, it's a build up to nothing.

They are friends because Glinda gives her a makeover, really?

No, the bond started when Glinda made a gesture of apology by dancing with Elphaba after trying to publicly humiliate Elphaba. This was the firs change we start to see in Glinda. Then there was the makeover, during which they bonded about private matters. And there was the whole helping Elphaba escape from the Wizard and Morrible thing. By the time the line comes up about "best friends", it's been set up to the audience that these two girls have changed opinions of each other and matured enough to recognize that they have come to depend on each other. It's not completely out of nowhere.

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I just thought their were somethings that were rushed and I thought tin things madame morrible including she just all the suddent shows up in the Emerald City there's just not alot of closeure with characters.

I;ve never thought about most of those plot holes. To me they are not important things and can be left up to the imagination. Why do people need every single little thing explained.

as for Morrible suddenly being in the emerald city, It is obvious to me that the wizard rewarded her for finding Elphaba (or atleast someone with real powers, which means to me that the Wizard recruited her and others to keep a look out for "tallented" people)

I still maintain that Fyero thing is bad direction and not a plot hole. Personally I dont see why he needs to hang around, Its not like they are killing time for a set change or anything. Maybe they are trying to make it seem like the house was heading his way before crashing.

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