Speak Up Saturday

[feurioo]

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

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[shadowkat]

Watching Dom Nobel's review of it? And yup, that's pretty much why I didn't like it. Although I don't remember most of that? I just remember it being a real slog to get through and wondering why people loved it? I read it, and managed to forgot ninety percent of it (apparently). [ETA: Oh dear, I discovered while listening to his...I'd call it more of a rant than a review? That Wicked was marketed to teens and kids, as basically the same as the movie/musical adaptation. It's really not. The musical adaptation is about 15% of the book.)

The Musical (and the Movie) veers away from it for the most part. Bog is barely in it, as is NessaRose. The Musical focuses mostly on Fiyaro (who survives in the musical), Glinda, Morrible, The Wizard and Elphaba. (It's a musical, it kind of had to. Also, there's a lot of things in the book that can't be shown in a musical on Broadway. In fact, I wondered how they were going to do it - at the time.) My issue with the musical is the same one I had with the movie - I can't stand Glinda. She triggers me on multiple levels. If Glinda/Galinda doesn't bother you - you should be fine.

[tinny]

[ETA: Oh dear, I discovered while listening to his...I'd call it more of a rant than a review? That Wicked was marketed to teens and kids, as basically the same as the movie/musical adaptation. It's really not. The musical adaptation is about 15% of the book.)

IKR? I'd always assumed they were all the same (and apparently so had he), which explains our surprise - and the fact it turned into a rant. An entirely justified one, I think (not having read the book, but the examples he quotes omg).

I can't stand Glinda. She triggers me on multiple levels. If Glinda/Galinda doesn't bother you - you should be fine.

I can't say I *like* her. I've only watched the first half hour so far, and she's not what I'd call my favorite character archetype, far from it, but I'll see how much worse it'll get.