Yesterday Darce and I went to see Wicked For Good at Odeon cinema in London’s glitzy Islington.
Well, pop pickers we finally made it to the other side of the rainbow. You remember Part 1 from last year, right? The one that left us hanging off a broomstick? Director Jon M Chu has returned to finish the job and honestly it was ok. Just ok. The visuals were great. But it suffers the same issues that the stage musical does. Indeed, many stage musicals do. Act Two is rarely as good as Act One.
Crucially the songs are not the heavy hitters this time around. Although ‘For Good’ is the standout one.
That said, writers Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz clearly woke up and chose violence this time round because the physical damage as well as emotional damage in Oz is real. We have death.
Our heroine WWW Cynthia Erivo is acting her green socks off and when she belts No Good Deed you can feel it in your molars.
Ariana Grande is still doing that breathy princess voice but somehow it works even when she is crying in a flying bubble.
We also have Jeff Goldblum doing his best stuttering fascist routine which is unsettlingly charming.
Jonathan Bailey is dashing as ever as Fiyero even if he does spend half the movie looking confused.
The plot is basically Elphaba on the run while the Wizard gaslights the entire population of Oz. It all syncs up with the 1939 film so we finally understand why a bucket of water is such a big deal.
It is a long sit though but at least the seats in Islington are comfy.
I left feeling emotionally drained but happy. Happy it was over. But happy I’d seen it too.
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