But as Maguire got older, he began to notice something darker brewing below the surface.
I was terrified of [the Wicked Witch], Maguire said.
[…] Butby the time I’d seen the show maybe five times … She never lied to Dorothy.
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She never tried to trick her.
She said exactly what she felt.
And she did exactly what she said she was going to do.
The story of how a green-skinned woman framed by the Wizard of Oz becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
But while fascinated by the ambiguities of Oz, he didnt know that he would eventually write about them.
He began to ask himself about the meaning behind calling someone wicked.
to answer his questions, Maguire decided to write a story about evil.
The story of how a green-skinned woman framed by the Wizard of Oz becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
His decision to focus the idea around the mostinfamous villain of all timewas happenstance, according to Maguire.
For many, Elphaba has become a definitive version.
However, what many fans dont realize is that her name is a tribute to Baum.
I tried Lafaba, I tried Lafeyba.
And then I tried Elphaba.
As soon as I got Elphaba, I thought, oh, that’s it.
She purchased three copies and had them signed as gifts for her mother, husband, and child.
The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
