the Wickedness of Wicked

So I went to see a Broadway play last night Wicked. First thing you know why it is the great white way? Don’t ask I will get in trouble, plus lots of dudes like me who were dragged there by their significant other. Second of all tickets are damn expensive, up in the balcony with surcharges and stuff still looking at over 350 bucks. You can buy over priced food and drinks, and by that I mean drinkie drinks you know the good ones but you can’t bring them into the show so slug ‘em down before you go in. OK enough with the pregame let’s get to the play. The set was very cool and creative, it was changing and showed some things but you also needed to use your imagination. Wicked is the story of the Wicked Witch of the West and how she got that way. Born Green, not loved, having to deal with a disabled sister, mother is dead, dad did not like her, all of these issues and then some yep it was kinda tough for her Plus , Popularity at High School was also dealt with, even how Glinda the good witch was a “friend” for a while. You know what that was pretty interesting, how someone who has the deck stacked against them can turn out bad all right, and you can still feel empathy for the person even though they are bad. I mean Jesus Tony Soprano had his nephew’s fiancé killed and then later killed him he was not a nice person, but he was a multifaceted person who would protect his family and empire but would kill those who he felt threatened by or betrayed by. Wicked could have been the same way, she could have been protective of her sister, smart enough to gain power be envious, of Glinda and her beauty, still be disjointed emotionally to be heinous, and yet she showed loyalty to her family and would do anything to keep her power base, she knew that they would never love her, so they could fear her instead , that would get the respect she felt she deserved, that could have been a great psychological profile, maybe even have Glinda keep trying to convince her to turn because of some of her good traits that is a bad person we can empathize with. I am not a writer of plays, bad poetry yes, insane ranting, yes but a play or a book highly doubtful. Had they ended the play there having us understand why she was wicked and some of her emotional torment I could be totally fine with it. No that was not enough they had to throw in the whole Dorothy and Wizard of Oz story as well, Frank Baum who I think wrote the book as a political allegory to his times and beliefs, gets put into some bullshit play and by the way they change some of the facts and the ending. We do not need for everybody to have a happy ending I was disappointed in where the story went ,I liked the singing there was not enough flying monkeys for me(there never could be enough flying monkeys) then at the end the whole audience (except for a few including you know who) gave them a standing ovation. I believe that too many actors get standing “O”’s for too little reason and if you read my FB you will know, so the next time the guy or gal at Dunkin Donuts makes your coffee give them a standing ovation they are performing just like those in Wicked.