Wicked
admonition : this clause contains spoilers forWickedIn a class filled with grown celluloid successes , Wickedhas add up out as one of the biggest films of the year even in its initial stages of spillage . The film is base on the 2003Broadway musical , also calledWicked , itself base on the classicWizard of Ozbooks and films , tell the origin of Elphaba , who eventually becomes the Wicked Witch of the West , and her previous human relationship with Glinda the Good Witch , though at the meter of the pic , she was only known as Galinda , whose transformation is just as important to the plastic film as Elphaba ’s .
Wicked ’s record - breaking loge officesuccess has been a result of many dissimilar aspects of the film , but one of the biggest reasons are the characters and the way the moving-picture show portrays them , specifically Glinda and Elphaba . Their fraught human relationship is the fundament of the full celluloid , and the wayWicked ’s star - studded castportrays them is central to the film ’s success , peculiarly when it come to Galinda , as it shows exactly how she develops into the good witch that we experience inThe Wizard of Oz .
Glinda Dancing With Elphaba Shows Her Good Side
Her First Truly Good Action In The Film
One of the most important moment inWickedis when Elphaba and Galindaattend a dance at school together , and up until this point , they had been very antagonistic towards each other , mostly point disdain for the other . Elphaba exhibit up in her Graeco-Roman Wicked Witch hat , given to her as a hardheaded joke by Galinda herself , make her to be mocked and ridiculed by the people in attending . However , instead of join in with the laughter and leaving Elphaba to trip the light fantastic alone , Galinda has a change of heart and joins her on the dance trading floor .
She had a few " good " actions before this , but they were all self - serving in one means or another , while this moment is borne whole out of Galinda ’s empathy .
The scene is great in the motion-picture show in and of itself , but it is also the first time in the film that Galinda does something only because it is truly a good affair to do , with no ulterior motif . She had a few " sound " actions before this , but they were all self - dish in one way or another , while this bit is abide entirely out of Galinda ’s empathy . Obviously , the movie document her transition fromGalinda into Glinda the Good Witch , andthis moment endure out as the first time she begins to truly earn her title .
Glinda’s Compassion Allows For Her & Elphaba’s Friendship To Truly Begin
The Moment Signifies The Start Of Their Friendship
InWicked , Glinda and Elphaba start out as fundamentally enemy , forced to share a elbow room together but invariably bunt principal and being pitted against each other , either willingly or not . However , their family relationship develops throughout the film into a deep bond , and this scene is where that friendship begins . If this moment had never hap , the two character might have turn more tolerant of each other to some stage , but it was specificallythe huge and public display of pity that gave them something to both latch on to at the start of the friendly relationship .
The Wicked movie brought all the Song dynasty from the Broadway musical comedy ’s first act to the screen , and though each is swell , they were n’t produce adequate .
While the moment was because of Galinda , as she give Elphaba the hat in the first place and secern her to wear it as a practical prank , that face becomes a part of cement their friendship as well , even outside the dance succession . The classic crone hat is an iconic part ofThe Wizard of Oz ’s Wicked Witchensemble , and it becomes an important aspect of Elphaba ’s press by the time the movie ends . Elphaba ’s chapeau ends up becoming a physical symbol of their friendly relationship , one that persists even when the characters are forced to become foeman once again .
Glinda The Good’s Title Is More Heartbreaking After This Moment
She Is Good Because Of Her Actions, Not Her Title
Elphaba and Glinda ’s relationship strengthens greatly throughout the film , which , despite being tested , grow into a near - unbreakable shackle , but it finally all comes crash down during theending ofWicked . Elphaba is forced to flee , brand as a traitor , and the Wicked Witch . Glinda is establish the title of Glinda the Good , an obvious attempt to present her to the public as the opposite of Elphaba , someone good to counteract the manifest evil that has rise up with the Wicked Witch .
The Wizard of OzProject
Glinda the Good Actor
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The Wizard of Oz
Billie Burke
Wicked(Original Broadway Musical )
Kristin Chenoweth
Oz the corking and hefty
Michelle Williams
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Wicked(Film )
Ariana Grande
As the moment at the dance is when Elphaba and Glinda ’s friendship starts , it becomes a much sadder picture with the knowledge of what is to issue forth later . Glinda is show to truly have become a good somebody over the course of study of the picture , and finally being give the title of " in effect , " but only in the name of disparaging and turn people against her good friend , is the tragical irony ofWicked . As this import is the one that solidify her good nature , it is also the first indication of the heartbreak that awaits at the end of the film .
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Wicked adapts the Broadway melodic into a two - part film , watch the unbelievable friendship between Elphaba , bear 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 .
