"Jon M. Chu always knew that the second Wicked film wouldn't fully resemble the first. The director's adaptation of the blockbuster musical brought theatergoers back to Oz last year, capturing the fizzy glamour found in the stage show's first act. The movie was a smash hit, winning two Oscars and entering the words holding space into the cultural lexicon. Yet its sequel, Wicked: For Good, has to translate the musical's notoriously knotty second act,"
"Wicked was a frothy coming-of-age tale; For Good is a more challenging story. As Dorothy and Toto make their way toward the Emerald City, Elphaba (played by Cynthia Erivo), now known as the Wicked Witch of the West, and her best friend, Oz's It Girl, Glinda (Ariana Grande), must wrestle with their self-perception, a conflict that's not easily translated into splendiferous spectacle. For Good is, as a result, a minor-key riff on its predecessor."
Jon M. Chu anticipated that the second Wicked film would not mirror the first and approached the sequel with a different tonal aim. The first film captured the stage show's fizzy glamour, became a box-office smash, won two Oscars, and popularized the phrase holding space. The sequel, Wicked: For Good, must translate the musical's knotty second act and integrate elements of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz without showstopping numbers like "Popular" or "Defying Gravity." The sequel emphasizes emotional depth, focusing on Elphaba and Glinda wrestling with self-perception, and Chu prepared the studio with a rough cut to set expectations during the films' extended production.
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