Comments | caityjay: It's good to see me, isn't it?

caityjay

It's good to see me, isn't it?

Sep 27, 2009 21:02

I SAW WICKED TODAY. Oh my God, it was... incredible. There are no words. I almost cried, like, three times, and the goosebumps during "Defying Gravity"... guh. So, I stole the book from home and am going to read it, now.

*is all giddy*

wicked, musicals

Comments 5

mw_u2 September 28 2009, 04:52:57 UTC

That's just awesome.

And it's even more awesome that you're reading the book. The sequel, Son of a Witch, is even better. I haven't read the third yet, but it's on my list.

Now I want to see it!

theidolhands September 28 2009, 08:09:27 UTC

Warning. The book is nothing like the play. And I have never been given an explanation for this. Ya know, aside from marketing.

NOT a "girl power" message or uplifting at all. No, ma'am.

The book is on about a lot of personal politics, particularly slanted in the direction of analogies to US politics (in regards to the world) and gobs of unarousing depravity (which are two words I have never put together before). I found the author's voice to be about as subtle as an anvil and his messages to be as clear as lead, worst combination since Anne Rice (whose characters I liked mostly, but whose prose tended to bore).

caityjay October 5 2009, 04:24:18 UTC

Interesting. I'll definitely keep that in mind when I read it (I've been distracted by American Gods and Sherlock Holmes and haven't started it yet). Although I don't think I was expecting an empowering or positive message, much; I didn't so much get that vibe from the show as much as an unfortunate turn of events that got really twisted into what we see from Dorothy's POV in Baum's book (with a few indiscrepancies, of course, which I decided to politely overlook). What I took away from the show was an idea of just how much things can be misconstrued if you don't have all the facts. I definitely could see where a lot of personal politics could come in.

All themes and plot points aside, the show was very pretty, well-acted, and I liked the music!

You know, I never did read any Anne Rice.

I'll post more about the book when I've read it :)

theidolhands October 5 2009, 07:37:26 UTC

Yeah, overall it's like a grotesque fan fiction that takes OZ waaay too seriously and more so away from the rather already intelligent views of the original works (that I do recommend). Prepare to find Dorothy an idiotic, fat heterosexual girl blindly caught in the midst of a gay trist for example. It's ridiculous, but a huge ass suck to gay culture. I personally find that the males, who are accompanying a young female are simply made child-like to remove any threat or sexual ideas and there's nothing more complex than that going on. This way, Dorothy really can be the hero despite them technically being capable and grown males.

I'd rather he'd created his own thing, the work would stand better as its own tale.

caityjay October 5 2009, 09:01:37 UTC

So far I've just read The Wizard of Oz, and I did enjoy it (although it's been two or three years, now). Sounds... interesting at the very least.

Yeah, when I started to notice the story (at least in the show) straying from Baum's canon... I sort of just let it go and tried to let it be its own thing. Hopefully I can keep that distance enough to enjoy the book.