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Feature movie review: WICKED: PART ONE
Live theatrical spectacle and cinematic spectacle are two very different beasts—and sometimes it becomes clear why that should be the case.
Live theatrical spectacle and cinematic spectacle are two very different beasts—and sometimes it becomes clear why that should be the case. Such a moment occurs not far into Wicked: Part One , as our protagonists Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Galinda (Ariana Grande)—later to become the legendary witches of The Wizard of Oz —sit in a university classroom taught by Dr.
Dillamond, a talking goat. In the stage version of Wicked , as necessitated by the realities of people performing in front of an audience, Dr. Dillamond is a human actor in goat makeup; in the film, Dr.
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