The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
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10Something is very wrong.
I didnt get my way.
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This specific line is said after Glinda unknowingly volunteers herself to be Elphabas roommate.
9"I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow."
When Fiyero first arrives at Shiz University, Elphaba is the only person not fawning over him.
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.
This changes when he helps her save a lion cub.
8You’re the one the Wizard has been waiting for.
Madame Morrible is immediatelyentranced by Elphabawhen she sees her powers at work for the first time.
7"She doesnt give a twig what anyone thinks."
“Of course she does.
She just pretends not to.
6The best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy.
5Her green skin is but an outward manifestory of her twisted nature.
This distortion, this repulsion, this wicked witch.
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4"I don’t cause commotions.
I am one.”
Elphaba
This specific Elphaba line comes when Fiyero is helping Elphaba free the lion cub.
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The only one who doesnt fall under her spell is Fiyero.
3You have no real power.
If youve seenThe Wizardof Oz,you already know that the Wizard is a phony.
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However,Wickedtakes place prior toThe Wizard of Ozso Elphaba doesnt know that.
Her cry of You have no power!
Elphaba was led to trust Madame Morrible and, in turn, the Wizard, only to be betrayed.
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Because of this, the entirety of Oz has turned against her.
Its hard to watch as it goes from pure joy to devastation in a matter of minutes.
2"Are people born wicked?
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Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?"
Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?
As we see, she isnt an evil person at all.
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1I’m not afraid.
It’s the Wizard who should be afraid of me.
Its a huge moment of growth for Elphaba, andit sets up for her arc inWicked Part 2.
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Shes going to defeat the Wizard, and shell do it by any means necessary.
Hes not going to bring her down, nor will the citizens of Oz.
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