This is the curtain call for the showing of Wicked I went to on Wednesday. I liked it, but I should have enjoyed myself more than I did. I was worried about parking in a "no standing anytime" zone. Nothing happened to the car.
This is the curtain call for the showing of Wicked I went to on Wednesday. I liked it, but I should have enjoyed myself more than I did. I was worried about parking in a "no standing anytime" zone. Nothing happened to the car.
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That was a lot of work for one little post, but now the groundwork has been laid. Hopefully it won't take so much to post an image here.
What did you think of Wicked? Although I thought it was great, and I LOVED the music, I didn't like it nearly as much as I thought I would.
I didn't like how the good guy didn't win in the end. And I didn’t like how Elphaba ended up giving in to what everyone else thought of her and what everyone told her she was. I didn’t like how she gave up on her dream because she felt like it wasn’t worth it anymore. I didn’t like how part of her motivation for her “just cause” was only to seek attention. I didn’t like how all the “good” people were really the bad ones. I didn’t like how selfish and deceitful every single person in that whole play was.
Anyway, I had a bit of moral conflict about it. :)
There certainly was alot of moral ambiguity in it. I didn't notice that part of her reason was to seek glory, but then I was a little distracted. It did show how being deceiptful and secretive causes so much pain and suffering, and I think that is good to be reminded of from time to time. But it did not really show how coming clean can reverse one's fortunes. You have to know the bad to know the good, but the reverse is also true. Without seeing good triumphing, you can't hope for anything, and you start to accept the bad as normal.
All in all, a very jaded (pardon the pun) look at the world. I think that it is reflective of how alot of society views the world, for right or wrong. As far as her dreams are concerned, I thought that it did show her efforts were not totally wasted when the monkey talked at the end. But why she ran away and hid once the Wizard and his assistant were gone I'm not sure. They were definitely her main antogonists, and with them gone, she could have rehabilitated her image enough to do alot of good.
If I get the chance I would might see it again, because I would like to give it all my attention without worrying about anything else. But I won't spend $120 on it again.
I will say this though, I got the book for my mom for Christmas a couple of years ago, and I am sorry for it. It has all the problems you brought up about the play and more, without any catchy music. So I won't recommend it to you or anyone else.
I LOVED Wicked - I'm sorry you were distracted. And I've heard the book is not as good.
I thought it was pretty on-target with society in some respects.
First, that many of the people were selfish and seeking popularity. I thought it was interesting that in the song "Popular" she comments that people are elected/chosen not for brains but popularity. And while we know this is not entirely true I look at the upcoming election and wonder....
Right and wrong are confused in our world. I think that point was portrayed well. People hear what they want to hear, and too many people do what they feel is "necessary" to get to the top, regardless of who they may trample on the way up.
Elfaba stood for something and tried to make a difference. In so many instances she was clearly in the right, but others did not want to do what was right, they wanted to do what was easy or "in". How often does this happen? Too often. Far too often.
I thought the production was not only hilarious, but also extremely poignant of the dangerous direction our society is heading - where we find ourselves tolerating and even embracing falsehoods.
As far as Elphaba giving in, I don't think she did - not really. She saved the Tin Man's life, and the Lion, she saved Fiero's life, freed the monkeys, didn't harm anyone, and changed Glinda's perspective on life. Pretty good if you ask me.
I hope you can see it again when you're not worried about parking - I totally understand, that always sucks the fun out of things.
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