Wicked Pt. 1: Defying Gravity
Hi! I watched Wicked a couple weeks ago and was simply blown away. I knew it was going to be good, but my god, this was a masterpiece. While I've never seen the Broadway show, as an ardent lover of musicals, I have known the background of this story for quite sometime. Everyone was perfectly cast in this and truly brought their character to life. So without further ado, here is Wicked (Part One) . For those unaware, Wicked is an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz meant to explore good vs. evil, nature vs. nurture. Are people born wicked or do they have wickedness thrust upon them? Besides Madame Morrible and The Wizard, there's no true fully good or bad character. We are all capable of both. Our circumstances and beliefs merely push us in one direction or another. It is also a political story about fascism where a con man dupes the citizens of a nation to ostracize a marginalized group and blame them for society's problems. It explores our complacency in the face of oppressio...