So, in this version, both Oz and the actual world exist in different spaces.

She then goes on her adventure to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard and go home.

Ultimately, however, Glinda isn’t willing to take a stand with Elphaba.

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Glinda is the one who has the eye to decide on the classic yellow bricks.

The Wicked Witch Elphaba in Wicked (2024) and The Wizard of Oz

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Idina Menzel’s Elphaba from the Wicked musical is next to Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba from the Wicked movie

Wicked adapts the Broadway musical into a two-part film, following the unlikely friendship between Elphaba, born with green skin, and Glinda, a popular aristocrat, in the Land of Oz. As they navigate their contrasting paths, they evolve into Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Scarecrow, Tin Man, Dorothy and the Lion on the Yellow Brick Road in The Wizard of Oz.

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Wicked

The Wizard of Oz