Wickedhas gone from a book to a stage musical to a movie, the narrative shifting with each iteration.
Its execution is stilted and somewhat melodramatic when viewers can’t perceive the subtext.
Occasionally cutting away to Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) watching the whole thing in awe underscores this point.
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.
