Frank Baum’s novel with the innovation of color.
Yet, Hamilton’s Wicked Witch was not exactly like the original.
More specifically, the Wicked Witch looked different.
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Either way, this witch was a different kind of terrifying than seen in the film.
The green skin serves another purpose for the Wicked Witch.
Immediately,the green skin shows the Wicked Witch to be different.
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Much of the story is motivated by her feelings of loneliness brought on by the ridicule she receives.
For a character element not attributed to Baum’s book, the Witch’s green skin has become significant.
The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
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Wickedis in theaters on November 27, 2024.
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.
