Wicked ~ Final Discussion
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Wicked ~ Final Discussion
What do you think of the book? I like it. I like the idea of putting the well-known story of Dorothy and Oz into a new context, but I felt it was weakened by factual inconsistencies. For example, in this book the Witch and Dorothy did not meet until after Dorothy had seen the Wizard, but in the movie they had a few confrontations before that. I also had hoped the Witch would go even crazier at the end. Still, overall, I like the book.
In the first discussion, sleepydumpling pointed out to me that Frex had flirted with Turtle Heart. I'm glad she did because I later read about Frex talking about how he "loved" Turtle Heart. Do you think they had a sexual relationship? It seems to me that it is implied.
Speaking of odd sexual parts, what did you think of the Philosophy Club? I am correct that Tibbet was forced to have sex with a tiger, right? What do you think the point of the Philosophy Club was? I'm not sure.
I found it interesting that Elphaba is portrayed as somewhat of a failure.
The most major theme of the novel appeared to be the source and nature of evil. I feel that it was purposely ambiguous as to the source of evil. What do you think? The story also explores destiny, which makes one wonder how there can be evil if there is destiny. Can a person be evil if they are destined to perform the evil acts?
I'm not sure what the purpose was behind the Time Clock, Madame Morrible, the Yackle and the other supernatural forces. What do you think?
What parts of the novel did you found especially memorable?
"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
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I think the bit that really made her come to life was her love affair...and the horrible tragic ending to that affair!!!
I am a little perplexed about how they have managed to turn this into a musical...but quite intrigued, would love to watch it!!!!
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[email protected] wrote: I am a little perplexed about how they have managed to turn this into a musical...but quite intrigued, would love to watch it!!!!
SPOILER TO THE MUSICAL BELOW! DON'T READ UNLESS YOU WANT TO !!
but in case you want to know they made the ending to the musical a "happily ever after disney movie' kind of ending.
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I concur. They also tone down some of the more gruesome aspects of the book, e.g. Elpheba's parentage.CassieXO wrote:SPOILER TO THE MUSICAL BELOW! DON'T READ UNLESS YOU WANT TO !!gelreynolds wrote: I am a little perplexed about how they have managed to turn this into a musical...but quite intrigued, would love to watch it!!!!
but in case you want to know they made the ending to the musical a "happily ever after disney movie' kind of ending.
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npandit wrote:Ever since I watched the musical and fell in love with it, I have tried to read Wicked at least on 10 different occasions, but have never been able to get into it. I like that the book is a little darker and eerie in places than the musical, but I found the language to be confusing and a little difficult to understand. But the characters have these dark, odd dimensions--and everyone I know that has read the book has said they loved it, so I'll have to keep forcing myself to get through it.
Same! I fell in love with the musical and immediately bought the book hoping for the same magic that comes from loving a movie and reading the book that is so much better. In the case of Wicked, that is far from the truth. The stories have very little in common, only the basic plot. I tried to read Wicked many times over many years. I finally did it last summer and I really had to force myself to get through it. It wasn't because the book was bad, it is just very dark and, for lack of a better word, strange. For some unidentifiable reason I just couldn't connect with it. Maybe I just love the musical too much?
There really are many questions left unanswered. Almost enough to make me read the next book, but I just couldn't force myself through another book the way I had to with Wicked.
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