#bandit liveblogs wicked

[aparticularbandit]

Also I need y'all to know that I last saw Wicked like. nearly twenty years ago, and a lot has happened in twenty years, and I've had the soundtrack for a little longer than that and listened to the music and stuff.

But things hit so much differently when I saw it on Monday. Like. I GOT it. I GOT Defying Gravity in a way I never had before. I GOT that opening scene with the Munchkins celebrating Elphaba's death while Glinda was not here for it but had to be here for it.

And I just.

MAN this musical is SO good and I knew that but it's even better than I thought.

Elphaba hits so much harder for me now than she did twenty years ago. Like.

Ugh.

[aparticularbandit]

Yeah - that struck me after I saw the movie earlier this week - Glinda is describing herself. The Wicked are lonely, they cry alone, they die alone. That's Glinda herself.

And because it's Glinda herself singing it, that says so much about how Glinda views herself.

Especially when taken with her descriptions in For Good - you were a boulder and you stopped my stream; you were the sun and I was a comet and you pulled me from orbit into you, and when comets get pulled from orbit into the sun, they BURN UP AND DIE - like Glinda met Elphia and who she was before died.

And who she is now has to live with. her own Wickedness.

(Which mirrors the dance scene in Dancing Through Life because, yeah, that's about the relationship with Elphie, but it's also 1) Elphaba absolutely always and consistently will throw herself on own sword if she thinks it will help someone else who deserves it (threatening to quit her lessons with Morrible if she doesn't include Glinda just because Glinda did one (1) nice thing to her? and one (1) nice thing to Nessa? after how many millions of NOT nice things?) and 2) Glinda will always do something petty that goes too far and then realize afterward and feel bad and want to fix it.

Except this time, she can't fix it.)

Hey, you want to hear my favorite Wicked fact? Regardless of what part you are watching or the original musical, Glinda describes herself in “ No One Mourns The Wicked” by saying “ Goodness knows that the Wicked die alone.”

[aparticularbandit]

Ariana Grande I'm sorry I ever doubted you you did so good sweetie you did SO. GOOD.

[aparticularbandit]

Wicked movie spoilers beneath the cut.

Like I know I've been tagging them, but this one especially you want to experience in the film proper and not accidentally read me commenting on because no blocked tags.

Under the cut.

Kristen Chenoweth just covering Ariana's Glinda's mouth with her hand.

The transference of power is complete.

[aparticularbandit]

also like. elphaba's freckles.

[aparticularbandit]

RIGHT????

MOMBI?!?!

[aparticularbandit]

OKAY BUT THE OPENING NOTES OF FOR GOOD RIGHT AS IT STARTS TO SHIFT FROM GLINDA IN THE PRESENT TO GALINDA IN THE PAST

THE OPENING NOTES OF FOR GOOD WHILE GALINDA AND ELPHABA ARE DOING THE DANCE AT THE OZDUST AND THEN THE BELLS HERE AND THERE BEHIND THE MUSIC CARRYING THOSE NOTES WHILE NOT BEING THOSE NOTES

I DIDN'T CATCH IT THE FIRST TIME BUT I DID THIS TIME AND WHEN I TELL YOU I TEARED UP JUST FROM THAT

[aparticularbandit]

I need y'all to know.

That Glinda's bedroom outfit.

The one she's wearing in the clips of Popular.

That's Junko's bedtime outfit and you cannot convince me otherwise.

[aparticularbandit]

Of note.

I had a friend in college once, entirely unprompted, ask if she could call me Elphaba.

....

And then within two minutes changed her mind and said I was more like Nessarose.

(Which is true.)

SO LIKE.

THIS SHOW IS IMPORTANT TO ME OKAY.

[aparticularbandit]

SO.

GOING TO SEE WICKED AGAIN LATER.

MAY POST ABOUT IT.

WILL BE TAGGING MOVIE SPECIFIC SPOILERS WITH WICKED SPOILERS BUT MAY NOT BE TAGGING MUSICAL SPOILERS. WILL SEE.

YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS BLOCK THAT TAG.

WILL TAG BOTH WITH BANDIT LIVEBLOGS WICKED SO IF YOU DON'T WANT MUSICAL SPOILERS BLOCK THEM BOTH.

HEADS UP.