An official ‘Wicked’ film adaptation had been a tease for over ten years among fans of the Broadway show, and Jon M. Chu's 2024 showstopper did not disappoint one bit. This episode, I talk with my good friend Marcus Sledge about their experience with ‘Wicked Part One’, as well as their limited knowledge of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (1939) and its assorted derivations. Where I have been a fan of ‘Wicked’ on Broadway since I was 13, Marcus had never seen or listened to the 2003 musical, nor the 1939 classic – and they had not even fully seen the 1978 film adaptation of ‘The Wiz’, a Black theatrical reimagining of the classic film. Marcus and I get into their first impressions of the story of our favorite green girl, differences between the stage production and the latest interpretation of ‘Wicked’, the excellence of the cast’s performances, and the unspeakable and well-rounded beauty of the musical as a whole.
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