Going to see Wicked-

~MS~ · 06-23-2009, 01:32 PM

iSm, you should go re read the original Wizard of Oz too, I did when I started the Wicked books, just for 'reference' and was pretty surprised at the artistic license they used on that book as well. Not as bad as the Wicked play vs book but still pretty big ones.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-23-2009, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ~MS~

iSm, you should go re read the original Wizard of Oz too, I did when I started the Wicked books, just for 'reference' and was pretty surprised at the artistic license they used on that book as well. Not as bad as the Wicked play vs book but still pretty big ones.

I don't think iSm was saying that the book Wicked was more faithful to the original book than the play. I think he's saying that the play simply wasn't faithful to the book, and that it changed the story and character from the book in a way he didn't like.

~MS~ · 06-23-2009, 02:00 PM

oh I agree with him in that the book and play barely recognize each other, to that end, if you read the book Wizard of Oz then watch the movie - what would be the musical so to speak, they twisted a lot of the storyline to fit what they wanted in the movie from that as well. Not to the extent of Wicked but enough that having grown up watching the movie the story in the book was significantly different in many places so taking a core group of characters then just rebuilding the play/movie to suit the situation seems to be standadard. I totally agree that the play and the book are night and day. I do love the play and plan to go again before it leaves SF

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~MS~ One Happy little Missy! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 658	iSm, you should go re read the original Wizard of Oz too, I did when I started the Wicked books, just for 'reference' and was pretty surprised at the artistic license they used on that book as well. Not as bad as the Wicked play vs book but still pretty big ones. __________________ "Sometimes Miracles Hide"
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06-23-2009, 02:00 PM	#3
~MS~ One Happy little Missy! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 658	oh I agree with him in that the book and play barely recognize each other, to that end, if you read the book Wizard of Oz then watch the movie - what would be the musical so to speak, they twisted a lot of the storyline to fit what they wanted in the movie from that as well. Not to the extent of Wicked but enough that having grown up watching the movie the story in the book was significantly different in many places so taking a core group of characters then just rebuilding the play/movie to suit the situation seems to be standadard. I totally agree that the play and the book are night and day. I do love the play and plan to go again before it leaves SF __________________ "Sometimes Miracles Hide"
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