I enjoyed WICKED: FOR GOOD but it is undeniably weaker than part 1. This does a good job examining some of the weird choices that were made adapting stage to screen.
(Too, did anyone else find the ending reminiscent of THE DARK KNIGHT and assume the truth will come out eventually in WICKED RISES?)
I put my theater degree to good use to talk about what Wicked: For Good changed from the stage show—and more importantly, what it didn’t
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Spoiler Space: Was Wicked changed for good?
The second half of the musical has always been weak. Splitting it into Wicked and Wicked: For Good only made it more obvious.