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global1

(26,326 posts) Fri Nov 21, 2025, 01:29 PM Friday

Am I The Only One That Doesn't Get Wicked?..... [View all]

I watched it on network TV yesterday and totally didn't follow what was going on.

The movie was well done. Sets were fantastic. Great music. Colorful!!!

But I just didn't get it.

Seemed like a big departure from the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie.

I didn't like it. Hard movie to make a sequel of.

Sorry!!!

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Am I The Only One That Doesn't Get Wicked?..... [View all] global1 Friday OP

There's so much more great L Frank Baum material C_U_L8R Friday #1

There is NOTHING authentic about Wicked--either movie. Neither is based on anything but an expropriation of the hlthe2b Friday #3

I can't even discuss it with most anyone because I don't like either actress (Arianna is so anorexic she makes me hurt) hlthe2b Friday #2

It's not based on The Wizard of Oz leftieNanner Friday #4

Umm, it is an EXPROPRIATION of the Wizard of Oz--both original book and movie. hlthe2b Friday #6

I agree leftieNanner Friday #7

Couldn't stand it! I did however enjoy the Broadway production. Floyd R. Turbo Friday #5

I have absolutely no desire to see it. bif Friday #8

I don't get it either. It's like most things today - all glitz, no substance. Sick of the ads for the movie too. Borogove Friday #9

We saw the original play in New York in 2023. Kristin Chenowetch and Idina Menzel were great question everything Saturday #10