"For better or worse, Wicked: For Good has hit theaters, bringing a definitive close to a sometimes confounding, sometimes surprising, and always press tour. Director Jon M. Chu has spun an entire film out of the stage musical's much shorter second act, beginning with Elphaba's self-banishment from the Emerald City. For Good also adds two new original songs, one for each lead: Glinda's heart-shattered ballad, "The Girl in the Bubble," and Elphaba's contemplative call to action, "No Place Like Home.""
"When they released the song list, I had questions about what they were supposed to add to the already convoluted plot of Wicked 's second act. Elphaba's song makes a little more narrative sense because you don't hear a lot from her until later on in the show with "As Long You're Mine" and "No Good Deed." So you wonder about her emotional terrain as she switches from being at college to guerrilla warfare."
Wicked: For Good expands the stage musical's shorter second act into a full film, opening with Elphaba's self-banishment from the Emerald City. The film adds two original songs: Glinda's "The Girl in the Bubble" and Elphaba's "No Place Like Home." Elphaba's new number provides clearer narrative sense because the character sings less earlier, while Glinda's ballad overlaps territory already handled by "Thank Goodness." Both new songs are described as sonically flat and overly long. Observers question what the additions contribute to an already convoluted second-act plot.
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