Wicked: For Good And Romance Endings
Spoiler Alert – This post will talk about Wicked: For Good, the second and final movie concluding the story of the Wizard Of Oz’s ‘Wicked’ Witch, and it WILL contain spoilers. If you haven’t yet watched this magical movie with a solid romance novel-worthy ending (YES!!!!), you might wish to skip this post.
I was dreading watching Wicked: For Good. I loved the first movie so very much and the trailers looked like the second part of Elphaba’s story would ruin that for me.
It didn’t ruin it. At all.
It made me love the story MORE.
I LOVED Wicked: For Good.
The characters held true. The relationships evolved and grew stronger. The tie-ins to the original Wizard Of Oz were magical. The girl power and friendship rocks messages remain.
And the ending…the ending, my friends. It had all the aspects of a great romance novel ending.
It was unexpected and hard fought for.
During the dark moment, I truly thought all hope of ANY sort of happy ending was impossible. I definitely didn’t think there would be a romantic happy ending.
Yet there was.
And it was delightful and different, not-at-all what I thought their romantic happy ending would be like yet it was perfect for them.
This is definitely a movie to rewatch when writing an ending to a romance novel. It is inspiring.
(smiles)
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Wicked And Bravery In Art
Spoiler Alert – This post will talk about Wicked, the movie, and it WILL contain spoilers. If you haven’t yet watched this brightly-colored musical, you might wish to skip this post.
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I recently watched Wicked, the movie, and we both really enjoyed it.
It DOES have issues.
The primary one being casting a beautiful black woman to be the ‘ugly’ green antiheroine. Other characters would talk about how ugly she was and I would think, ‘Are they looking at the same gorgeous being I am?’
So yeah, there are issues with Wicked.
But it is also brightly colored and has great character arcs and…
It is fraggin’ brave.
Wicked is all about fascism. The movie is fun and has great songs and jokes but it is also a warning about what is currently happening all around us and what might be if it isn’t stopped.
The talking animals, for example, represent opponents to fascism and also anyone else the fascists target as being ‘others’ or…animals. First, fascists take away their targets’ voices by designating them as criminals or unnatural, then they imprison them or make them completely disappear.
The labelling of anyone daring to stand up against fascism, as another example, as being ‘wicked’ and an enemy of the people was brilliant. As was the use of ‘media’ to deliver that message.
This is high risk movie making, my friends.
To create art warning others about how fascism spreads and the tactics fascists use while we are surrounded by rising fascism is dang courageous.
Wicked will likely be banned in the US in the future. Its creators and stars will be and likely currently are in danger.
I suspect everyone involved with the film knew the risks when they joined the project.
I hope we can all be as brave.
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