"That means it's time for another explainer on just how Hollywood managed to split this two-hour-30-minute Broadway production into two separate movies, both exceeding two hours in length. Last year's Wicked installment covered the first act of the show, doubling its 90-minute runtime by expanding certain plot points, deepening the protagonists' character arcs, drawing further from the Gregory Maguire novels on which the musical is based, and fattening the existing songs with expository lyrics, along with extended dance sequences and instrumental interludes."
"The sequel picks up five years after the events of Wicked, when Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) embraced her identity as the Wicked Witch of the West and her roommate Glinda (Ariana Grande) served as the Good Witch of the North, helping to oversee an Ozian society that has made a villain of Elphaba, marginalized its animal citizens, and submitted itself to the deceptions of the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) and Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh)."
Wicked: For Good transforms the musical's hourlong second act into a two-hour-and-17-minute film through expanded plotting and character work. The adaptation prolongs existing songs with expository lyrics, adds new solo tracks, extends dance sequences, and inserts flashbacks to enrich backstory. The story resumes five years later with Elphaba as the Wicked Witch and Glinda as the Good Witch overseeing an Oz that demonizes Elphaba, marginalizes animals, and falls under the Wizard's and Madame Morrible's deceptions. The film deepens Glinda's self-reckoning, explores Elphaba's strained romance with Prince Fiyero, and increases tie-ins to the original Wizard of Oz.
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