Wicked, Elpheba and the weather

I saw Melbourne's production of WICKED last week. It was fantastic.

My partner noticed that Elpheba said, "You think HURRICANES just appear out of the blue?" I Googled the script and on http://denwaichi.tripod.com/wicked.html, the line is "You think CYCLONES just appear out of the blue?". Now, in THE WIZARD OF OZ, wasn't Dorothy brought to Oz via a TORNADO? You can't get hurricanes or cyclones in Kansas. What's going on?

I don't think so. I believe cyclones come off from the ocean, don't they?

hurricanes come off the ocean.

Technically, cyclones are just another name for a Hurricane (or Tropical Cyclone)

Hurricanes form over large bodies of warm water...

I think the bigger issue is that Elpheba said it instead of Elphaba...

Elphaba. E-L-P-H-A-B-A. Elphaba.

I'm just waiting for someone to turn up here with a username that is a misspelling of Elphaba. I promise you this, I will rib them mercilessly from dawn until dusk when I see them.

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Updated On: 7/18/08 at 06:08 AM

Cyclone: A system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation.

There are various technical variations of cyclones, and sometimes tornadoes are (incorrectly) called cyclones. In the olden days -- many people called tornadoes cyclones. Auntie Em and Uncle Henry were not trained meteorologists. They called them cyclones. So sue them.

Um, I believe they use the words cyclone in the film of THE WIZARD OF OZ.

And Toto was in the book. They could have used that, but they put a joke there.

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I'm only repeating what Stephen Schwartz said in an interview.

I wasn't trying to be funny.

I'll see if I can dig up the interview.

I don't give two hecks about WICKED. I have no reason to make this schlock up.

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It doesn't matter what Schwartz said. The name Toto appears in all of Baums books that Dorothy appears in. Sounds to me like interview Schtick.

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If I recall correctly in the show on Broadway they say cyclones.

I also don't think that Elphaba being green was something that was considered base from the movie. It could be because it was in the Wicked novel. I know that Mguier got the whole idea of Elphaba being green if it wasn't in the original novel (I don't know if the wicked witch being green was from the novel or the film because I never read the original novel) from the movie. But, maybe they were able to get passed it because it was in the book which the show is based on. I don't know this is just a guess.

But, I do know that things like the Jewled shoes instead of ruby ones were because the ruby ones were from/in the movie and that was why they had to start out jewled instead of ruby red.

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