Yet,newcomers may be confused aboutWicked’scomplex origins.
To understand the connections betweenWickedandThe Wizard of Oz,it is important to return to the movies' beginnings.
Before it was a movie musical or a Broadway musical,Wickedoriginated as a 1995 novelwritten by Gregory Maguire.
Maguire’s story is completely separate from Baum’s, though they share certain elements.
For example, bothWickedandThe Wonderful Wizard of Ozcontain characterswho are “The Wicked Witch of the West.”
For the most part,Wicked’sconnections toThe Wizard of Ozmainly have to do with visuals.
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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.
