December 2024 Review

No one mourns the Wicked! Nor do they mourn a monthly review update that maybe isn’t as timely as it could have been. So, without further adieu, check out my review of John Chu’s adaptation of Wicked on my YouTube channel, here.

In it, I discuss the capabilities of a film adaptation. Things that allow for the impossibilities of a Broadway stage production to not only be possible, but integral in a movie-going experience. Cameras allow for so much that simply can’t be done on stage, and this is no bash to the medium of theater. But, I use my review to talk about what the movie Wicked does that the play couldn’t for me, and how the adaptation handles the core ideas of the story and the songs that made said story so famous. Check it out!