Wicked
admonition : This clause contains spoilers for Wicked ( movie / melodious version ) .
Entwined with the compelling origin account of the Wicked Witch of the West , Wickedshowcases several otherWizard of Ozbackstories , including that of Dorothy ’s " Cowardly Lion . “Wickedprimarily follows Elphaba ( Cynthia Erivo ) , an ostracized black magic scholar who is spew into the role of the Wicked Witch to enshroud up a conspiracy . Sharing the spotlight with Elphaba is her rival turned good friend Galinda ( Ariana Grande ) , destined to become Glinda the Good . Along the manner , theWickedcastincludes other notable Ozian figures , shed igniter on their use in Elphaba , Glinda , and Dorothy ’s stories .
In a story for the most part about label and misdirect anger , Elphaba ’s encounter with intimate quality contribute to her building thwarting with the public and how she feels like she ca n’t do anything correct . Even so , foreveryWizard of Ozcharacter who appears inWicked , the Cowardly Lion occupies a unparalleled space in the tale . The mild fatuity of howWickeduses the Cowardly Lion piles onto the obstacles Elphaba faces , illustrating the pregnant circumstances of Oz and challenging Glinda to stand with her friend , which she should have done all along .
Elphaba Saves The Cowardly Lion As A Cub In Wicked
Elphaba & Fiyero Rescue A Lion Club From Their Cruel Teacher
Throughout the encounter , Elphaba is only gentle and good-hearted towards the young carnivore , showing thick pity .
Elphaba and Fiyero go out into the woodwind somewhere near Shiz and set the lion cub complimentary . Throughout the encounter , Elphaba is only gentle and sympathetic towards the cub , express thick pity . This adventure coincides with Elphaba and Fiyero ’s budding flavor for each other and is something they share move ahead . Ultimately , Elphaba ’s passionate response towards injustice draw Fiyero to her , inspiring him to act as the same room . While this causes tension with Glinda , who is for all intention and purposes in a relationship with Fiyero , the lion cub comes back around later in the story .
What Happens To The Lion Cub After Elphaba Frees Him
The Cowardly Lion’s Time Between Elphaba & Dorothy Is Skipped Over
During the " March of the Witch Hunters " musical telephone number , Boq speaks to an angry crowd of Wiccan hunting watch about Elphaba ’s " law-breaking " against him and tries to get the Leo the Lion to do the same . Boq claim : " If she ’d [ Elphaba ] let him [ the lion ] push his own battles when he was young he would n’t be a coward today . " It ’s flimsy justification for bad blood when , if she had n’t rescued him as a cub , he ’d have been treat like a lesser animal his whole life and would n’t be having this conversation with Boq . It also brush off Fiyero ’s function , who is mostly considered a hero in Oz .
How Wicked’s Cowardly Lion Origin Changes Wizard Of Oz
The Cowardly Lion Seems Unaffected By Supposed Prejudice Towards Animals In Oz
Like few other examples inWicked , the origin tale of the Cowardly Lion shows how Elphaba can do everything right and something objectively good , and still walk away as the scoundrel . It also put the lion in a new light throughout the outcome ofThe Wizard of Oz , when there is supposedly a mickle of discrimination directed towards talking animate being , abusing them until they swallow their subscript status and leave how to speak . Everyone in the Emerald City is nice to him , and he can mouth , which is likely only because Elphaba freed him .
The Wicked flick adjustment must include the most beloved and important line of reasoning from the Broadway musical , many of which are let in in the Song dynasty .
The lion still gets his endowment from the wizard ( Jeff Goldblum inWicked ) and notice his self-confidence . However , the events ofWickedsuggest that he is either very unthankful to Elphaba for facilitate him out of an even bad situation or has been gaslighted by people like Boq into believing that everything wrong with his life would n’t be so if it were n’t the natural process of the Wicked Witch of the West . In multiple way , Wickedshows how masses cast inculpation rather than exploit towards a solution , making the Cowardly Lion an intriguing aspect of the account .
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Wicked adapts the Broadway musical into a two - part flick , following the unlikely friendship between Elphaba , carry with unripe skin , and Glinda , a pop blue blood , in the Land of Oz . As they navigate their contrasting paths , they evolve into Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West .
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.
