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lily-onher-grave · 1 day ago

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I’m on mobile and for the life of me can’t find photos but I am THINKING about 2004 Tonys Kristin Chenoweth Glinda looking at Elphaba defy gravity (smitten, in awe, wistful but so proud) vs Ariana Grande Glinda watching Elphaba defy gravity (fearful, worried, seconds away from sobbing)

idk man Ariana’s is so much more harrowing. She is scared! She is heartbroken! The sense of danger is so much more real in the movie both because of the chase sequences leading up to this moment and because of the very clear view we have of Glinda being grabbed and dragged away from Elphaba by guards

And you can argue that Kristin is watching Idina fly at the fucking Tony awards so of course she’s looking at her like that, but idk. Movie defying gravity has so much more uncertainty and the stakes feel so much higher and the consequences feel so much more dire and I love it so much

#maybe that’s why I’m okay with defying gravity being broken up so much in the movie #it’s not as purely triumphant as the musical I don’t think #it feels like there’s more to overcome #because we have taken our time getting here #the sunset helps btw but I have talked about sunset defying gravity so much so we’ll leave it at that #ALSO this might be my Glinda obsession but I do feel like things feel so much darker for her in the movie!#her hand coming up to hug morrible back oh man we see the moment she locks herself in her own prison #and morrible leading her back into darkness and wreckage as she’s still looking back at Elphaba #man #idk #wicked movie #someone find photos please my crops are dying and I’m stuck at work

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