Okay, i saw the play, read both books, and watched the movie. I'll sum it up:
Play: hid under a trap door and left with fiyero
Wizard of Oz movie: melted
Wizard of Oz book: melted
Wicked book: supposedly melted, but at the end, the child asks her mother if she will come back, and she replies not yet. So the fifth book (which is yet to come out) might include her, so it could go either way
@broadwayboy912 well, in the movie she melted, but in the play and the book she lived. in the play, she was only on a trap door, slowly letting her down as she 'melted' but then came back up and walked offstage with her love Fiero.
Ahh I loved wicked but she didn't die. She just hid under a trapdoor to be with fiero. But no one ever figured it out. I wonder if there was an actor for dorothy there was her shadow but that might have just been a projetction
@delibessylvia2: In the novel--which is TRUER to the MGM film that is the inspiration FOR Wicked--Elphie does go crazy near the end of her life, does become "wicked", and does melt. The musical gave a TRAGIC character a Disney-esque happy ending when she was NOT MEANT TO have one. Aside from the musical score, giving a character of tragedy a happy ending is as bad as that Romeo & Juliet film of the 90's that BOMBED horribly, all BECAUSE it RUINED the tragic aspect of the story it was based on.
@TherealRNO i know what you mean .I am not such a fan of theEnd of the musical but it isnt a happy ending .Glinda still thinks that she is dead .Which is a sad ending for Glinda .But he did it because of the children .it wouldnt fit in a musical they cant stop the muscial after she has melted but i know what you mean
@delibessylvia2: The Baum book and the MGM film--both done for children--both had the witch melt, so changing it "for the children" doesn't make sense to me.
@delibessylvia2: It is a happy ending for Elphaba herself, even if she and Fiyero are ex-communicated from Oz, because really, Elphie was supposed to die in-canon, via the original Baum book, the MGM film, and even the Wicked novel itself.
@AMG1995123 There is a certain irony to the music selection that I'm sure broadwayboy912 is only too aware of. Judy Garland sang "You Made Me Love You" (or "Dear Mr. Gable") in 1937 and it was her real first big song in film. So it fits (kinda) in a tribute to Dorothy's arch-nemesis!
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if fiyero was the scarecrow, how did she try to set him in fire in the movie?
iheartyournamehere 2 days ago
Hey that's Australian Witch.
ItsTurningGreen002 1 month ago
How was this a history?
tigresuave11 3 months ago
Okay, i saw the play, read both books, and watched the movie. I'll sum it up:
Play: hid under a trap door and left with fiyero
Wizard of Oz movie: melted
Wizard of Oz book: melted
Wicked book: supposedly melted, but at the end, the child asks her mother if she will come back, and she replies not yet. So the fifth book (which is yet to come out) might include her, so it could go either way
Kaitlyn102798 6 months ago
Okay Everyone that's saying she didn't die, I know but you have to stay til the end I say "the wicked witch of the west is now dead or is she"
broadwayboy912 11 months ago 3
@broadwayboy912 well, in the movie she melted, but in the play and the book she lived. in the play, she was only on a trap door, slowly letting her down as she 'melted' but then came back up and walked offstage with her love Fiero.
samanddeanfan2009 4 days ago
Ahh I loved wicked but she didn't die. She just hid under a trapdoor to be with fiero. But no one ever figured it out. I wonder if there was an actor for dorothy there was her shadow but that might have just been a projetction
beauxbatonsboy 1 year ago
@beauxbatonsboy in wicked she doesnt die ,but in the novel she does melt .
delibessylvia2 10 months ago
@delibessylvia2: In the novel--which is TRUER to the MGM film that is the inspiration FOR Wicked--Elphie does go crazy near the end of her life, does become "wicked", and does melt. The musical gave a TRAGIC character a Disney-esque happy ending when she was NOT MEANT TO have one. Aside from the musical score, giving a character of tragedy a happy ending is as bad as that Romeo & Juliet film of the 90's that BOMBED horribly, all BECAUSE it RUINED the tragic aspect of the story it was based on.
TherealRNO 8 months ago
@TherealRNO i know what you mean .I am not such a fan of theEnd of the musical but it isnt a happy ending .Glinda still thinks that she is dead .Which is a sad ending for Glinda .But he did it because of the children .it wouldnt fit in a musical they cant stop the muscial after she has melted but i know what you mean
delibessylvia2 8 months ago
@delibessylvia2: The Baum book and the MGM film--both done for children--both had the witch melt, so changing it "for the children" doesn't make sense to me.
TherealRNO 8 months ago
@delibessylvia2: It is a happy ending for Elphaba herself, even if she and Fiyero are ex-communicated from Oz, because really, Elphie was supposed to die in-canon, via the original Baum book, the MGM film, and even the Wicked novel itself.
TherealRNO 8 months ago
she isn't dead. at the end of Wicked she was actually under a trap door and the only one who knew was Fieryo aka the scarecrow
PhantomriderTwilight 1 year ago
Does anyone else here like Milaukee Best?
bryson55 1 year ago
What is the name of the song playing in this clip? Would love to know, Thanks!
gorms20kw 1 year ago
great slideshow but the music is a little borring no offense, i prefer a little more wicked music
AMG1995123 2 years ago 7
@AMG1995123 There is a certain irony to the music selection that I'm sure broadwayboy912 is only too aware of. Judy Garland sang "You Made Me Love You" (or "Dear Mr. Gable") in 1937 and it was her real first big song in film. So it fits (kinda) in a tribute to Dorothy's arch-nemesis!
pipey61 1 year ago
@pipey61, i guess so.
AMG1995123 1 year ago
I'm from Orange and the Wicked Witch of the West is awesome in the new ad for Orange Wednesdays, find it by searching for Orange Wednesday!
orange 3 years ago
Oh I do adore the Orange ads, but really, you'd think they would be a bit more clever in advertising themselves.
TheStrangerDied 2 years ago 6