With every viewing, I’m reminded of the complexity of the characters and themes coated — uncomfortable ones, too — from racism to politics to propaganda that feels extra related immediately than ever. Elphaba begins off the introverted social pariah because of her fluorescent facade, Glinda the favored child with bouncy, blonde locks. Over the course of the story, they fall in love with the identical man, and handle to keep up their bond with out bitterness – a contemporary feminist feat in itself – assist one another shed their insecurities and unmask a false wizard.
Depraved is a love story, sure, however of two girls, who couldn’t be extra completely different at first (actually, they discovered one another “loathsome”), however who encourage one another’s idiosyncrasies quite than attempt to change them, who defiantly ignore exterior pressures and perceptions, and whose loyalty to 1 one other turns into the true legacy of the story.
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With out fail, I tear up every time For Good is sung on the finish. My stoic husband could not assist however shed a tear himself. The lyrics go, “I’ve heard it mentioned that folks come into our lives for a purpose, bringing one thing we should be taught. And we’re led to those that assist us most to develop if we allow them to, and we assist them in return… I do know I am who I’m immediately as a result of I knew you.”
It reminds us the entire mates who’ve undeniably moulded us to turn out to be who we’re, the ladies in our lives who’ve propped us up even when, and particularly when, we did not imagine in ourselves, and who taught us that we may, with their assist, even defy gravity.
Depraved the film is out in theatres from Nov 22, and the West Finish stage manufacturing is enjoying on the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London. For extra data and tickets, go to the web site – www.WickedTheMusical.co.uk