Literature

Gregory Maguire

Wicked

Suspect? Exactly! :)

How many times i read the book, know the story, seen the musical, know the songs....

But i haven't talked about the origin of Wicked here in Arts!

Gregory Maguire wrote this book in 1995, this book is in fact for adults, and tells us the story of Elphaba, the wicked witch of the West, character of the book: Wonderfull World of Oz. 

Maguire thought that this character was misunderstood and decides to write Elphaba's story.

Quoting Maguire:

“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.” 

As i usually say: There is always 2 sides of the story, if we catalog a thing as evil....then it will become evil. 

Now imagine in Oz tale:

Dorothy (the girl with a dog named Toto) steals the ruby sleepers that belonged to Elphaba's sister, kills the girl that in fact was on a wheel chair and above all says that Elphaba is bad! Now Elphaba in fact was the only one that loved her sister and the only to take care of the girl her whole life...

Now say if this doesn't change the way you feel about "the wicked witch of the west"?

Of course... Elphaba wants revenge of Dorothy... maybe is not the good option but...

Glinda and Elphaba: Good and Evil friends.

Read this book, it's marvelous, the world created surrounding the characters of Oz... and preference with the sountrack playing.

OST

Defying Gravity - my fav

I'm not that girl

As long as you're mine

The Wizard and I

Unlimited...my Future is Unlimited....