Going to see Wicked-

[Ghoulish Delight]

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.