remember the posters for Episode I, when we all thought we would see the character development and learn to understand and even empathize with pure evil? The movie Wicked pulled that off.
remember the posters for Episode I, when we all thought we would see the character development and learn to understand and even empathize with pure evil? The movie Wicked pulled that off.
What?!
Wicked is a story about how propaganda and political manipulation can make someone who is trying to do good look like the bad guy.
It’s about not trusting what you are told just because of who is telling you.
Elphaba never actually (intentionally) does harm to anyone.
Compare that with Darth V. How many thousands of lives has he intentionally taken by the end of his life?
she enslaved the Winkies, enslaved Dorothy, starved the Cowardly Lion…
All deserved.