Wicked
Four dissimilar witch occupy the reality ofThe Wizard of Oz , the cinema that at last inspiredWicked . The new movie in the franchise tell the tarradiddle of the Wicked Witch of the West before she earned her form of address , when she was a young cleaning lady name Elphaba who becomes unlikely friends with a woman advert Glinda . Wickedis adapted from the phase musicalof the same name , bringing the beloved floor to animation on the bounteous screen for the first clip , and with a brand - Modern , star - studded cast of characters , Wickedseems ready to once again bringThe Wizard of Ozto the forefront of public awareness for the foreseeable future .
Wickedhas character from the originalThe Wizard of Oz , but their role are mostly expanded upon when compared to the original . However , one thing that has remain coherent is that there are four beldam ; the Good Witch of the North , the Good Witch of the South , the Wicked Witch of the East , and the Wicked Witch of the West . Their appearances throughout the series have been very unlike for the most part , but there have always been four witch in the ground of Oz .
1Glinda (The Good Witch of the North)
A True Hero Most Of The Time
InThe Wizard of Ozfranchise , Glinda the Good has been a staple fictitious character in every looping , from the original book toWicked , which introduces her relationship with Elphaba . However , in the original 1900 book , Glinda is actually the Good Witch of the South , and the Good Witch of the North is an solely different character . The Good Witch of the North is unnamed past her title of respect , and she is the one who gives Dorothy the slipper , which in the novel are silver , as oppose to the Graeco-Roman ruby bolshy of the movie .
Wizard of OzProject
Glinda Actor
The Wizard of Oz
Billie Burke
The genius
Lena Horne
Wicked ( Broadway Musical )
Kristin Chenoweth
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.
Oz the Great and muscular
Michelle Williams
Wicked ( Film )
Ariana Grande
Glinda is only seen at the closing of the Word , when she helps Dorothy escape back to her household , and thus has a much decreased function . The picture plainly changes that , making Glinda the only in force witch that Dorothy meeting , who give her the slippers and help her out at the end of the film . Since this modification in the plastic film , Glinda ’s perspective as the Good Witch of the North has been the most widely known and adapted interpretation of the character , and the previous North Witch tends to be cut out altogether .
When it comes to the more late adaptations , Glinda has been explored in much more particular and complexity than she was in the first film and account book . Theoriginal BroadwayWickedandAriana Grande ’s rendering of Glindashow off her previously unknown relationship with the Wicked Witch of the West , explaining how both of them got to their place , and how their kinship variety by the time Dorothy roll around . She is given much more deepness as a role , with layer of good and spoiled that the originals were n’t able to cut into into .
The 2024Wickedfilm is based off of the 2003 Broadway musical of the same name , which itself is broadly speaking adapted from the 1995 bookWicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the Westby Gregory Maguire , which is based off of the original 1900The Wonderful Wizard of Ozbook and subsequent film .
Disney ’s 2013 prequel , Oz the Great and Powerfuldoes a alike affair asWicked , telling Glinda ’s tarradiddle before the originals , to varying degrees of success . She falls victim to being more of a simple erotic love interest for the main case , and while her personality is research more than it was primitively , she still does n’t get all that much metre to glisten when compare toWicked .
2The Wicked Witch of the West
Might Be The Big Villain, Might Not
The Wicked Witch of the West is sure as shooting the most well - know witch fromThe Wizard of Ozseries , being the main antagonist in both the original book and movie , as well as being the protagonist ofWicked . Her motives and origin have changed as we ’ve seen deeper exploration of her character , but in the first Holy Scripture , she is fundamentally just the evil crone that Dorothy must defeatin order to get home . She has no real deepness of character or personality , just survive to be an obstacle that Dorothy has to overtake .
Wicked Witch of the West Actor
Margaret Hamilton
Mabel King
Idina Menzel
Mila Kunis
Cynthia Erivo
The 1939The Wizard of Ozmovie keeps her role very much the same , though interestingly , theWicked Witch ’s iconic green skinwas a cosmos of the pic ’s , not from the original source material . She does have slightly more depth , entail through the fantastic performance by Margaret Hamilton , showcasing a Wicked Witch that does have more deepness to her that may be unexplored , even though the movie itself does n’t do much to explore it .
Wickedis where the character begin to really get interesting , yield the Witch the name Elphaba , and explain her motive outside simply being evil . She became much more tragic , someone force to become the Wicked Witch due to condition outside of her control , and is now one of the most darling characters fromThe Wizard of Ozfranchise . While a villain who is simply malefic can be a great addition to a film , Elphaba ’s taradiddle is fantabulous inWicked , despite the puzzling connection to the original , and her new character recontextualizes the entire series .
Wicked stars Cythnia Erivo and Ariana Grande have had some assorted feelings over the contention surround a fan who re - edited the movie ’s poster .
The Wicked Witch of the West also appears inOz the Great and Powerfulas Theodora , a kind-hearted young witch who fall in love with Oscar , and is finally turned malevolent by her sister . It does add a young bed to her character , as she becomes evil against her will , though the character is n’t capable to pass on the same superlative asWicked . InThe Wiz , the 1978 urban fantasy remake , the crone is called Evillene , and is fundamentally the same type from the original film , an evil despot who needs to be defeated because of how wicked she is .
3The Wicked Witch of the East
Mostly Created To Be Killed By A House
The Wicked Witch of the East , while having never been as authoritative as the previous two , still serves a very of import role in most adaptations . in the first place , the Wicked Witch of the East ’s one and only intent was to be crushed by Dorothy ’s house at the get-go of the book and leave her slippers for her to get . Obviously , there is n’t much there to work with character - wise , which is reflected in that she is never really brought up again .
In the original plastic film , she is left very much the same , just a secret plan constituent to be squished by a giant house as part of the inciting incident , despite sometheories about the East Witch and Dorothy . There is a little more depth to be explored , however , that mostly come through the Wicked Witch of the West , who , in the book , does n’t seem to wish about her sister ’s death , but in the film evince at least some amount of sorrow at what encounter . It still is n’t much , but there is a little more character there .
Wickedclearly made it a stop to turn as many one - bill characters from the originals as potential into full - fledged people , and it has been a very important succeeder at that .
However , the Wicked Witch of the E has been greatly boom upon in labor since , becoming much more of an actual graphic symbol . InWicked , she is Elphaba ’s physically disabled sister Nessarose , who eventually becomes the Wicked Witch after the man she loves is turned into theclassicWizard of Ozcharacter , the Tin Man . Wickedclearly made it a decimal point to turn as many one - note characters from the original as possible into full - fledged people , and it has been a very pregnant success at that .
The Wicked Witch of the East involve a much more prominent use as the primal antagonist inOz the neat and sinewy , called Evanora . She take more from the original flick , being mostly evil just for the sake of being malevolent , without much in the way of the more sympathetic quality the quality has inWicked . However , her much more prominent mien in the film allows her part to palpate much more developed , irrespective of how well - write or interesting she really is .
4The Good Witch of the South
Unfortunately Unused Most Of The Time
The Good Witch of the South is by all odds the least - utilized witch inThe Wizard of Ozfranchise , having no literal major appearances in the serial . As stated above , Glinda used to be the Good Witch of the South in the original book of account , where her role was classify to simply bear witness up at the ending to help Dorothy last return home . She ’s not a terrible character or anything , butshe also does n’t have all that much to do herself .
However , sincethe originalThe Wizard of Ozin 1939 , Glinda has been much more wide known as the Good Witch of the North , leave the Good Witch of the South to become unnamed . Assuming that the North Witch from the book then exact the position of the South Witch in the film , she would still be very underdeveloped , just a good Wiccan who presumably did good things . Again , the Good Witch of the North from the book did little , and in the moving picture her role was taken over completely by Glinda , leaving nothing pass on of her character .
The Cowardly Lion ’s lineage story is partly research in Wicked , showing how the Wicked Witch had a profound effect on his life that is disregard .
The Wizbrings Glinda back to the position of the Good Witch of the South , but most other projects go off the film ’s translation of the character , achieve much the same as she did in the original Bible fib , which is to say not a huge amount . She is n’t remark inOz the heavy and sinewy , and make no appearance in Wicked either , leavingthe fictitious character , if she even canonically exists in these newer story , completely sidelined .
While her not really being a character anymore is a shame , it is apprehensible , as most projects are trying to make time for the fiber that masses already hump and sleep with , which obviously mostly get the phase of Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West , and making the Wicked Witch of the East a more spectacular lineament inOz the with child and PowerfulandWickedis admirable . Unfortunately , with three witches already taking up salient roles in these projects , adding a fourth who will be trenchant from the others does n’t seem to be in the cards .
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mischievous adapts the Broadway musical into a two - part film , be the unbelievable friendly relationship between Elphaba , born with green skin , and Glinda , a pop patrician , in the Land of Oz . As they pilot their contrasting course , they evolve into Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West .
