Is wicked a gay movie
The Wizard of Oz (1939) never spoke to me as a child. Quite the opposite, in fact; it terrified me. Certainly, the story is unsettling: Being swept away in a tornado is no one’s idea of a good time. But it was not that, nor was it the drabness of Dorothy’s being on the farm.
It was the costumes.
I was terrified of anyone or anything in costume as a kid: mascots, the Easter Bunny, a mall Santa minding his retain business. All of them were suspect to my childish eyes, and one look at the Tin Man had me begging my father to restore to golf. Harrowing, to think I was so upset I wanted him to put on golf.
Wicked, though, was different. I had read Gregory Maguire’s book by the time I got tickets as a Christmas gift, and I was…perplexed, to say the least, as to how they planned to make a musical out of a book rather illumination on whimsy and rather heavy on fascism and subjugation of people of different races. And yes, the musical greatly diminishes the political uprising that is, I would say, about 87% of the novel. Honestly though, sitting in that theater, I don’t reflect I could contain told you what the book was about by intermission. That’s how quick it (say it with me, and get
Musical review throwback: gay coding in “Wicked”
“Wicked” is a sensational musical that explores the origin stories of the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch of the South from “The Wizard of Oz.” Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, its protagonists Elphaba and Glinda navigate the highs and lows of their fierce, tumultuous relationship while trying to rescue Oz from the conniving Wizard.
Since it debuted on Broadway in 2004, “Wicked” has been hugely popular amongst the queer community. While the musical features no explicitly gender non-conforming characters, Maguire is openly gay and many media analysts have noted multiple elements of the show that provide as obvious metaphors for queerness.
Firstly, Elphaba and Glinda’s affair contains heavy homoerotic undertones. Although both women pursue passionate relationships with the charming prince Fiyero, most of the plot focuses on the connection between Elphaba and Glinda. Some critics view Elphaba and Glinda as bisexual or pansexual, while others argue that both women are coded as lesbians and their interest in Fiyero develops as a reaction to societal expectations and compulsory heterosexuality.
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I saw Wickedthis weekend, and I can’t stop talking about it. I saw the musical on Broadway for the first time when I was 16-years-old, and I am now 32-years-old, DOUBLE the age I was then. I’ve loved Wicked for all of my adult life and then some. If you’re wondering if I cried, I did, obviously, but the tears were because we have to wait a whole year to hear Cynthia Erivo’s version of “No Good Deed” and Erivo + Ariana Grande’s version of “For Good.” Two-part films should be banned, especially when it comes to movie musicals!!!!
One thing that connects all of the current editors of Autostraddle is that we all have a deep love for and background in musical theater. I went to a performing arts lofty school where I studied musical theater, Riese went to THEE performing arts boarding school, and Drew was also a theater dork. We all have unhealthy relationships to the television program Glee. All of this is to say we’re very attentive of the longstanding tradition of musical theater being dominated by the gays. In high institution, the stage was the one space where homosexuals were at the top of the sustenance chain. And yet, we w
Wicked's Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande say Elphaba and Glinda are queer
3 January 2025, 18:01
By Sam Prance
Are Elphaba and Glinda gay? Wicked fans have shipped the two characters together ever since the musical debuted.
Wicked's Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have said that they think Elphaba and Glinda are queer in a new interview.
Throughout Wicked's history as a musical, people have debated whether or not Elphaba and Glinda's relationship is platonic or romantic. The two characters turn from enemies to best friends, and the musical revolves around their chemistry. Neither Elphaba nor Glinda is explicitly lgbtq+ in the text the musical is based on but some fans deliberate they're queer-coded.
Now, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande hold addressed the theories. Kristen Chenoweth has also chimed in and Ariana's spoke about Glinda's sexuality further in a separate profile.
Are Elphaba and Glinda in love with each other?
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande sang live on Wicked
Is Elphaba gay in Wicked?
In an interview with Gay Times, Cynthia and Ariana were told that people have been shippi