Wicked
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Wicked.Wickedhas continued to be one of the most successful movies of the year, with its solid box office success over the holidays, bolstered by the great word of mouth the film received when it first released.
WithWicked: For Goodofficially revealing its titleand release date, all eyes are now on the sequel to find the same level of success asWicked’s stellar reviewsand box office return.
WhileWickedmakes a number of bigger changes to the musical, there is one small alteration that makesFor Good’s job as a sequel a little more difficult.
Wicked’s charactersare definitely the biggest success to come out of the film, withElphaba and Glinda becoming even more iconic charactersthan they were in the musical, and the performances by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande standing out as the best-reviewed aspects of the movie.
The longer runtime of the film as opposed to the musical means that these characters can be explored in even more depth,but one aspect of Elphaba was mostly left by the wayside concerning her wardrobe.
Elphaba Is More Stylish In The Wicked Movie Than The First Half Of The Musical
Elphaba In The Movie Is Very Fashionable When Compared To The Musical
Elphaba’s fashion comes up a bit in the film, as she dresses differently from the rest ofWicked’s Shiz University students and staff, which eventually culminates in the iconic witch hat given to her by Glinda.
However, when it comes to our real-world fashion sense, nothing Elphaba wears during the movie actually looks bad, it is just different from what the people of Oz see as good fashion.
This contrasts with the musical, where even though she doesn’t look awful,she wears a somewhat unflattering blazer and skirt before transitioning to some pretty simple black dresses.
She comes back after being labeled as a fugitive with an incredible, shimmering black dress with some purple touches, signifying her big change from the first half.
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.
In the film, Elphaba wears a couple of very nice, textured black dresses and a sharp blazer, along with the school uniform that also looks quite good on her.
Even before she gets the cape and fully commits to theclassic Wicked Witch of the Westlook, she has a solid fashion sense.
On the other hand,in the musical, Elphaba’s look stays quite mundane until the second act, when she comes back after being labeled as a fugitive with an incredible, shimmering black dress with some purple touches, signifying her big change from the first half.
Elphaba’s Wardrobe In Wicked Part Two Better Be Amazing
Wicked: For Good Has To Up The Ante Even More Than The Musical
This fact then becomes an issue whenthe musical obviously uses Elphaba’s different fashion to enhance her transformation, from the simple student wearing plain outfits, to the Wicked Witch wearing an amazing, glittering dress.Wicked’s Elphaba has changed the iconic lookof the character, so the sequel will need to come up with something truly unique and interesting to maintain the same feeling of transformation that the show achieved.
With how good the costumes are inWicked, they absolutely have the chance to succeed, it will just require something entirely exceptional.
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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.
