10 Change the wicked film to the Broadway Music Music

Co-ozians, let’s rejoice because after much anticipation (and marketing of the inserts) the Evil The film is eventually released – or at least the first part. And that means we can tell you all about the director Jon M. Chu, Book Writer Winnie Holzman (By Dana Fox for the screenplay of the film) and composer Stephen Schwartz Made to the film adjustment of the hit phase. This new Evil Movie is actually just one of a two -part movie that lasts in two hours and 45 minutes. But wait a moment, maybe you think – how can Wicked, part one be longer than the whole of the stage music?

Well, fortunately we have a lot Grimmerie Scholars here at Playbill who saw the film and the changes (and supplements) made to separate it from the stage musician can determine.

There are more changes, large and small, than in one article. And we have written about the film before Extended orchestrations and the Changes in costume. Below we chose 10 major story and singing changes from EvilPart onewhich was surprising enough that it made us feel like we were looking at the musical again for the first time.

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1. Ozian designs

If you are a fan of the Evil Stage -show, his steampunk -aesthetics (and the moving time dragon watch) are close and dear to your heart. The reason that Evil on stage has such a different appearance than The Wizard or oz film is because the creative team of the musical was not allowed, legal, to refer to any visual element of The Wizard or oz When they made the musical. They only had rights Gregory Maguire‘ Evil novel and the ability to make elements of L. Frank Baum‘s public domain oz – Therefore there are no ruby ​​slippers, no pink bubble dress, Dorothy is seen in the shade only, and set designer Eugene Lee Go to steampunk instead of funny.

But it seems that the new Evil movie, Warner Bros gave the filmmakers the rights to use the design elements The Wizard or oz. That’s why in this new film there are so many visual Easter eggs listening back to the film of 1939: Ruby Slippers (who throws Glinda into Elphaba during ‘popular’), the swirling yellow brick road in Munichkinland, Glinda’s pink bubble dress, Elphaba rides a bicycle with a basket in the back (Me. Her iconic braids and blue gingham.

Although it is a shame that although Glinda briefly calls the Time Dragon bell at the top of the film, we do not see the iconic red-eyed dragon of Lee. For us Evil Phase show fans, we miss him most of all.

2. Young Elphaba

In the stage extinguisher, the education of Elphaba is mentioned only in passing, but in the Evil Film, we can see what it was like for her to grow up in Munchkinland. In “No one mourns the wicked,” we see a scene by young Elphaba and Young Nessarose, who establish their brother or sister dynamics and the bully that Elphaba endures because of her skin color. And in the Birthing Order, your ears are keeping your ears out for the voice of the Olivier Awards winner Sharon D. Clarke, who plays a midwife who is also a bear. And instead of saying “it horribly” to describe Elphaba, the midwife says “it’s ominous”, and makes Elphaba’s father’s ‘it’s obscene!’ Even cruel in comparison.

3.. Song changes

If we talk about changes to the lyrics, we can now confirm that, apart from the “Wizomania” sequence, no new songs are in EvilPart one. But there are some adjustments to different songs. Some little ones we noticed were the end of ‘popular’, which contained more ‘la la’ ‘s with three consecutive key changes; another instrumentation at the beginning of “I’m not that girl”; a longer introduction to ‘one short day’, with a chorus that ‘if you had just …’; and two more repetitions of “unlimited” in “the step of gravity”.

The biggest singing changes were the “Wizomania” sequence in “One Short Day” (more below below), and “Sentimental Man”, which now has a dream ballet series with a tap -dancing wizard and shadow marionets. For those of you who have always wanted ‘sentimental man’ to be longer, your wish was granted.

4. Wiz- He’s not wonderful?

In the Evil Musical, The Wizomania Sequence is a show-within-a-show all about the wizard of Oz, and acted during “One Short Day” when Glinda and Elphaba went to the Emerald City for the first time. It’s just a single verse on stage and has a completely different tune and vaudeville-esque style compared to the rest of ‘one short day’. It may feel a little random when listening to the album.

In the Evil Film, this series has been expanded into a full-fledged, song-within-song in which the history of the Grimmerie and the Wizard is set out. We have the full lyrics here. And look out if you look at the screen for comos From composer-sufferer Schwartz, book writer and co-screen writer Holzman, original stage stars Kristin Chenoweth and Idina menzel—Ant Menzel’s Elphaba Battle Cry Riff.

5.. Elphaba and Shiz

The first time we see Elphaba in the stage show, she gets on stage in her Shiz uniform. In the film, Elphaba is not a student and her father asks her to stay behind to be Nessarose’s caretaker. It provides a more streamlined explanation as to why his Glinda’s roommate becomes at the last minute. In the show, the two room comes together from an administrative error, which is much less exciting than what happens in the film. And it gives Elphaba the opportunity to wear a beautiful black coat for her first look.

6. “Something Baaaaad”

In the world of EvilAnimals can speak, are professors at Shiz University and even play musical instruments. But history professor Dillamond warns Elphaba in the show that “something bad” is happening in Oz, as animals slowly but surely lose their ability to talk and lose among humans as equals. It puts Elphaba on the road to become an animal rights activist. The film extends a little more to this conflict; Instead of being located in a classroom, the song “Something Bad” is now in a meeting of talking animals where a toucan, a snow leopard, a lamb and other creatures are discussing whether they should run away or not.

The film also states that Doctor Dillamond’s favorite flowers are poppies, giving the flowers additional emotional importance.

7. Elphaba and Fiyero’s encounter cute

In the musical, Fiyero and Elphaba meet when his rickshaw almost runs over Elphaba, with the Winkie Prince noticing: “Maybe the driver saw green and thought it meant.” In the year 2024, that kind of negation is no longer attractive. Fiyero’s entrance to the film is much more brilliant, with the prince coming in on a talking horse and stumbling across Elphaba as she walks in the woods. He apologizes as he says, “You must have pressed in with the leaves” (after all, he needs a basis for character development). And Fiyero tries to make up for it immediately by offering her a ride. We do not blame Elphaba that he said “is being stuffed” (foreshadowing!), Although she has much better self -control than us.

8. Nessarosis with any other name

A longer duration means more time to develop characters that will later be essential to the narrative. Besides Glinda, nessarosis is probably the other most important person in Elphaba’s life. The relationship between the wicked witch and her sister gets more time in the Evil film, including in the above flashbacks. Most importantly, nessarosis gets more lines that express her need to be independent, including that someone does not want someone to push her wheelchair for her. And early in the film, Nessarosis and Boq share a knowing look as two people who are challenged vertically. As charmingly played by newcomer Marissa Bode, the first wheelchair user playing nessarosis, makes the character an impression in this first film that will undoubtedly pay dividends (and will lead to a few tears) Wicked, part two.

9. Elphaba’s additional powers

The musical states that Elphaba’s most important forces are her ability to move objects and people with her mind and to read the game in the game Grimmerie. It seems that the film has given our favorite witch extra forces, including the fact that she can see the future (she has a vision of Doctor Dillamond in a cage) and flies on her own. The last one can be controversial, but in ‘The Wizard and I’ Spring Elphaba and is an unnatural long time in the air.

Then in ‘Defying Gravity’ she gets a chance to fly on her own without being on the broom (she keeps it to her side as she does on stage). It is perhaps just a metaphor, and a reference to how Elphaba flies on Broadway (on a cherry pick). But considering how literal film is as a medium, to Wicked, part two is released will take on this author Cynthia erivo‘S Elphaba can fly like Superman.

10. Tell them how his gravity defies

There are no major changes to the lyrics of “Defying Gravity”, but the film series is much longer than the stage show; ‘Defying Gravity’ on the screen takes 16 minutes compared to the six minutes on stage. This is because the film adds more drama between the verses: Elphaba and Glinda try to escape the emerald city in a hot hot air balloon, and Elphaba’s father dies of a heart attack (usually out of stage), Nessarosis looks delayed and Fiyero Leaves Shiz.

What other changes are in the store? Close here again next year for us Wicked, part two!