The Movie Wicked Is Proof That Any Source Material Can Be Vastly Improved By Simply Making The Intense

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Guys the non chalant act from kole is an act I hope you know that. That boy grew up in America I KNOW for a fact the non chalance is an act and he's really a goofy mf.

i want more nuance to be entered into the discussion of the green girl sorority and how differently cynthia plays elphaba in comparison to those who came before her because while a lot of people are rightfully like "why was elphaba not black from the beginning" and celebrating that she is now being played by a black woman, i think we need to be careful in just writing off all the elphabas of the past as Random White Girls when the role was championed (and often followed/succeeded) by a jewish woman

the pop culture archetype of the Wicked Witch has deep roots in antisemitism stretching faaaar far back. there is a level of reclamation happening in casting idina menzel, a jewish woman, to play the Misunderstood and Maligned young girl who is branded as exactly that. and stage!Elphaba is also written and acted with jewish stereotypes in mind--she is loud, aggressive, no-nonsense, blunt. she is quick to advocate for herself and shut down the discrimination she faces. all of this is very intentional! her personality is abrasive from years of abuse, and that makes propagandizing her easy. this is literally the thesis statement of the musical--it's not about aptitude, it's the way you're viewed.

cynthia's performance of elphaba is fucking INSPIRED despite going in a completely different direction. she's much more reserved, analytical, one of her key character traits is how well she can read people (see her calling out Galinda as insecure/putting on airs in their first scene together, clocking that Fiyero is using his party guy persona as a shield for his own depression) elphaba's attempts to blend in and make herself smaller all fail simply because of her existence, if not that then because she feels empathy so strongly she often struggles to hold back from acting, protecting.

personality wise, though, cynthia's elphaba is very quiet and closed-off, not at all the bullet-to-the-face that she is in the stage show, and... she still gets propagandized and maligned. though this seems to contradict the other interpretation, it tells of the other end of the spectrum of propaganda, one that black women watching (and many, MANY other marginalized folks) are sure to identify with--it does not matter how "nice," how reserved, how small a black woman makes herself. a racist society will still scrutinize her every action for a way to parse ill intent from it, brand her as an angry black woman who is dangerous and wicked, and write off any humanity she has in the process.

these two very different interpretations tell of the lie of assimilation. the fact of the matter is, when you are marginalized, there is no way to sand down your edges enough to make the people oppressing you "accept" you. that is why wicked is a tragedy at its core. whether loud and aggressive or quiet and unimposing, there is nothing elphaba could have done to make the people of Oz see her as anything other than a scapegoat to blame all their problems on.

so while i definitely appreciate that people are excited for black girl era elphaba, i would encourage us all to still show appreciation for what came before--that was not white girl era elphaba. that was jewish girl era elphaba. two houses, both alike in dignity, two stories both worth being told.

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Me going to watch my fault London after seeing clips of it on tiktok.

Me stumbling across the knowledge that it's a stepbrother trope

I should have known I wasn't straight when all of my favourite characters were the girls and I lowk hated the boys (except for Ben 10 i resonated with him)

So I played through the final Natlan archon last night .

HOT TAKE despite Natlans 6 really enjoyed the second and third act of the 3 archon quests.

The first one with the Pilgrimmage and saving Kachina was eh. It was interesting to actually see the Night Kingdom though.

The second one, when it came to the war ATE SO HARD. I enjoyed it because it accurately showed how devastating and tough a war actually is. The inazuman war didn't feel like a war icl. It was actually good seeing how dark the devs would actually take the story. And it actually tugged on my heartstrings seeing how the nation was affected by the war.

The third one? The power of friendship final arc?

Beautiful. I loved it. We actually got to see an archon (besides Nahida) do some shit. Up until Natlan 2/3 Nations we were in had active Archons ruling. (Furina is her own category that poor girl was doing TWO jobs at once) And while story wise what happened makes sense for Mondstadt and Liyue, interacting with Mavuika actually felt like interacting with an archon. From gameplay to story I enjoyed the archon quest in natlan. I really wanna see how the Tsaritsa tries to get the Gnosis from Mavuika. (especially considering Mavuika is a powerful opponent)

Also ik people make jokes about Natlans power of friendship theme. But I have to say it makes sense for the story. The traveller has been operating alone in their goal so far and has spent the entire time doing side quests while in Tevyet. Their only goal is to find their sibling however there's a major possibility they won't find their sibling (i believe in the twin is dead theory ) The traveller has to trust other people in Tevyet as I believe they will need the help of everyone they've met or helped when if comes to achieving their goal (even if that is unclear to us the audience right now). From the moment we woke up in Tevyet, there's been an overall theme of community and people working together.

All to say I loved this part of the natlan archon quest. They handled the theme of war in natlan so beautifully. Despite everything else (character designs)

He's never happy

Penelopes part in Would you fall in love with me again right.

BUT LETTY AND DOM TORETTO

because remember she died in one of the movies right. THEN IT TURNS OUT SHE SURVIVED AND HAD AMNESIA AND THEY HAD GOTTEN MARRIED IN A SECRET CEREMONY

oh my God I'm a genius

NO ONE NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON WARNED ME HOW SAD THE BATFAM IS

wym Tim tries to clone Kon 100 times to bring him back after he dies.

AN EDIT OF THAT? TO THE SHE GOT ,SHE GOT AWAYYY SHE GOT AWAY SHE GOT AWAYYYY SOUND BY CHAPPELL ROAN?

WHAT

WHAT

you people are mean for not warning me