"It is a very peculiar world to live in when the entire continent seems to go pink and green,"
"I'm living in my own fantasy bubble."
"I wanted to be hackneyed and old-fashioned. I wanted to sell books for four months and then get remaindered."
"I find that women and gay men seem ... to have a greater capacity than the straight men I know to be able to hold two ideas in their head at the same time."
Wicked reimagines The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by portraying the Wizard as a charismatic demagogue with authoritarian tendencies. The narrative centers sympathy on the Wicked Witch of the West and reframes historical villains through perspective and political allegory. Inspiration for the story traced to media comparisons during the first Gulf War that likened contemporary leaders to historic tyrants. Political themes embedded decades ago now echo in contemporary American politics. The novel spawned a hit Broadway musical and films that produced massive merchandising and product tie-ins. The resulting cultural reach transformed the work into a dominant commercial phenomenon.
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