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stardust-moth · 22 days ago

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No like im serious, it was so beautiful, literally the best most faithful film adaptation of a Broadway musical there's been in YEARS, bitch i want to go see it in theaters again-- AND ITS NOT EVEN THE WHOLE STORY YET

Just saw Wicked and I feel like a Broadway-obsessed teenager all over again, oh it's so perfect

#ngl though i was disappointed to find out it was only act 1 #bc some of my favorite songs are in act 2 #i cannot wait to see how gorgeous they'll do As Long As You're Mine and No Good Deed and For Good #my only criticisms are i wish the opening phrases of No One Mourns the Wicked weren't changed to happy-ish major?#like in the original 'good news! she's dead!' was in a weird chord that made you feel uncomfortable #and also i miss the dissonance in the ending note of Dancing Through Life... another rounding-up-to-a-resolution-in-major #like... a lot of these musical choices are very purposeful #like elphaba and galinda's duets switching from elphie on the low harmony and galinda on the high harmony #to the opposite by the time we get to Defying Gravity and onward #signifying that elphaba is becoming more empowered and glinda more humbled #also-- not so much a criticism as a... Wouldve Made It Better If #i kinda wish the animals hadnt been photorealistic cgi and were just... people in costume? like the original? and like the 30s Wizard of Oz?#it wouldve made the injustice and racism allegories towards the animals hit a little harder i feel #like imagine seeing a literal lion toddler in a tiny cage.#all the same it worked pretty well with cgi-- dr dillamond looked fantastic with like zero uncanny valley at all #despite goats in and of themselves being very uncanny valley tbh #but UGHHHHH OHHHHHH I WANNA JUST GUSH FOREVER ABOUT MY FAVORITE MUSICAL OF ALL TIME OK #I WAS WEEPING WAY MORE THAN EXPECTED #also uh. looking back on it #was it even really a surprise that i turned out bisexual #when this was my favorite musical since like middle school #the Hella WLW wizard of oz musical

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