Cho
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Post by Cho on Mar 23, 2005 4:18:45 GMT -5
hey everyone... cho is gonna ask another (probably dumb) question. hehe... the weird title is so that people would read it.. hehe... anyway.. i just finally was able to read the "wicked" script... and to my surprise (i was really, genuinely surprised) * that elphaba didn't melt at all!! *wow... that was a twist. so... did that happen in the book too?  thanks for putting up with all my questions.... hehehe. ~Cho <>< Please black out spoilers. Thank you ~ the BoZ |
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Post by stars in the sky on Mar 23, 2005 7:16:42 GMT -5
Nope; the book's pretty adherent to the original WoZ business. I prefer the musicalverse myself, but the novel's definitely worth a read.
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Cho
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Post by Cho on Mar 23, 2005 14:32:17 GMT -5
Please black out spoilers. Thank you ~ the BoZ oops!!  sorry about that!! |
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Cate
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Caitlinda: Public Figure
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Post by Cate on Mar 23, 2005 14:33:52 GMT -5
oops!! sorry about that!! No problem.  We just try to keep somethings hidden for people who haven't seen the show. Though if they are on this forum or others, they probably have already been spoiled. Hehe |
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Post by DefyingGravity12 on Jun 7, 2005 11:49:08 GMT -5
I love the ending of the book, though. Where its like, "And has she ever come out?" "Not yet."
(Sorry if i got the quote wrong.)
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Post by stars in the sky on Jun 7, 2005 12:23:19 GMT -5
It took me a couple of readings to realize that was actually part of the story in the first place, but it was such a fitting ending!
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Post by skullbank on Jun 7, 2005 13:33:46 GMT -5
I read the script before I read the book, too, and I was definitely surprised by how it ended. But, as much as I adore Elphaba, I prefer the book's ending over the "happy ending".
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Post by ~Wind Phoenix~ on Jun 7, 2005 14:00:45 GMT -5
But, as much as I adore Elphaba, I prefer the book's ending over the "happy ending". Ditto. The book's ending keeps the gloomy, dark atmosphere, and it keeps Baum's ending. |
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Post by I Mourn the Wicked on Jun 7, 2005 14:49:17 GMT -5
Yeah, if the book had a happy ending, it would really ruin that great dark mood it had been building on all the way up to the end.
I love dark moods...hehe.
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Post by imperfectly_green on Jun 7, 2005 14:58:35 GMT -5
Well, I agree that the book ending makes sense. The book is much darker throughout and derserves to have an ending that follows the same course. The musical, however, though it touches upon many of the same points, is lighter and deserves to have that kind of ending. It works each way.
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Post by skullbank on Jun 7, 2005 15:24:35 GMT -5
Yeah, that's true. I guess I just like the darker tone of the book altogether. To me, the inevitable ending we all know is coming is a main point of the story. But, I respect the book and musical as separate universes.
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Post by stars in the sky on Jun 7, 2005 16:28:34 GMT -5
Agreed. Technically, though, the musical keeps Baum's ending, because Baum never shows what happened to the Witch post-melting...  |
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Post by emeraldroad on Jun 7, 2005 16:56:59 GMT -5
Yeah, I like the book actually better than the musical. I mean I LOVE the musical, but the book just has so much more to it.
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Post by ~Wind Phoenix~ on Jun 7, 2005 18:13:03 GMT -5
The book has a deeper plot and more details than the musical, but I guess you couldn't put all that in a musical....
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Post by stars in the sky on Jun 7, 2005 23:27:38 GMT -5
Not to mention WAY more characters and details that you really can't convey in that format, like the religious and social complexities. If they were to make a movie of the whole fandom, though, I think it'd work best if they did the musicalverse and filled in plot holes (like Elphaba's childhood) with stuff from the book.
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sorry about that!! 
We just try to keep somethings hidden for people who haven't seen the show. Though if they are on this forum or others, they probably have already been spoiled. Hehe
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