Though it maybe 15 minutes of a bright, new day, I still have the urge to blog so nothing can stop me now!
Muahahhahaha!
(Oh, erm, actually, my dad can bust me in any second if he opens the door to find me typing away to discuss about something but oh well. I'll off the lights for good measures)
Due to the fact that I missed Wicked so much, I bought the book.
You heard.
I bought - & a very grand feat, finished - the book.
& you know, there were alot of changes with the book & the musical.
I shall list it out through songs so that it's easier for the both of us to catch up.
- No One Mourns The Wicked
Here's where the citizens of Oz celebrates the death of the evil Elphaba a.k.a. Wicked Witch of The East.
Problem number one : Elphaba was never really a witch.
I mean, they just call her a witch (in the book) because she was just green & carries a broom - which, by the way, some weird nun named Sister Yackle gave to her.
It wasn't because she was 'magical' or anything. She didn't even do much sorcery!
Oh & Frex wasn't the Minister of Munchkinland.
I mean, he was but he was some priest minister or whatever. - Dear Old Shiz
So this is where you meet Elphaba along with Nessarose & Frex in tow in the musical, right? Yea, well, this is supposedly where Elphie throws a magic tantrum when Madame Morrible insisted of taking care of Nessa but two things conflict with the book:
One - Elphie didn't even like Nessa (much)
Two - She had no powers
Hmmm... What else?
Yes, Elphie was stuck with Glinda as a roomie. Yes, they despised each other.
No problem there. - The Wizard & I
Ohoho! Here's the most major conflict ever : Elphie already hated the Wizard in the book.
I mean, she was still with the discriminating issues against the Animals. Leopards, Tigers, Goats...
She positively hated the Wizard's guts in the book.
So this scene, I'm afraid, is very fake. - What Is This Feeling?
Yes, they both despised each other to the very core. We get it. - Something Bad
Yes, Dr. Dillamond still couldn't pronounce G(a)linda's name properly. Same.
Hmm... Nothing was amiss here.
Except for, you know, the part where Elphie was all, "Go to the Wizard! He'll save us!"
But, you know, he did get sacked already here - Dancing Through Life
Here's another major conflict with the book & the musical.
Firstly - Fiyero was indeed a Winkie Prince, but that also meant that he had blue diamonds on his face & he did not come in the story all macho with a driver at his feet.
Nope. In the book, he came in mid-class about some magic thing & it happened to attack him.
Oh, did I mention he was already married at the age of 7?
Secondly - There was no love triangle. G(a)linda never loved him, let alone liked him! The book only suggested it when Fiyero's wife - yea, that's right, wife - suspected something.
& Elphie didn't like him in Shiz Uni.
Yet.
Thirdly - Another one of those false romance plots. Nessa was not in love with Boq. But Boq was besotted with G(a)linda.
Fourthly - Boq was supposed to be short. He is, after all, a Munchkinlander. Not only that, in the book, he & Elphie were the closest chumps.
Fifth - G(a)linda did ask Elphie to wear an ugly hat on. But this isn't important, I think. - Popular
Um... Not sure what to make of this one. Basically they just make amends but in the book, of course, G(a)linda didn't try to give Elphie a total make-over.
I mean, please. Gregory Maguire had better things to write than G(a)linda gushing over what shoes to wear for Elphie.
But, in the book, G(a)linda ditched her total rich little snobby friends (Pfanee, Shen-Shen & Milla, who was not in the musical) & hung out with Elphie, who hung out with Boq & Fiyero & there other little friends. - I'm Not That Girl
This is where, of course, Elphie falls in love with Fiyero (& vice-versa?).
But as mentioned, Elphie didn't fall in love with him when they were in Uni.
Oh, in SSC's version of Wicked, they cut out the part where Elphie & Fiyero rescued the Cowardly Lion (Cub) from a tormenting class about cages disabling them to speak.
That was in the book, too. - One Short Day
You see, in the musical, this is where Elphie decides to take a stand after Dr. Dillamond got sacked because he was an Animal & met the Wonderful Wizard to ask fro help.
In the book, however, it was totally different.
Dr. Dillamond had already died by this time, I think, because he was murdered by a little mechanic thing of Madame Morrible's.
Elphie & Glinda - she changed her name not to impress Fiyero, since she never even liked him, but it was in Dr. Dillamond's honor - ran off to the Emerald City to, I dunno, yell at the Wizard.
Something like that. - A Sentimental Man
In the play, Jun Vinh - erm, I mean, the Wizard - was pretending to be a 'Sentimental Man' & duped Elphie to make Chistery into a winged monkey mutant.
But in the book, he didn't even bother convincing Elphie & Glinda.
& also, Chistery was nurtured by Elphie, who found him at Winkietown, when she was visiting the late Fiyero's fat wife to apologize for having an affair with her husband.
Plus, in the book, Elphie sewn on the wings for Chistery. - Defying Gravity
Yea, this is where Elphie "flies off the handle".
In the book, she already was against the Wizard since the first time she heard of the prejudice he had with the Animals.
Similarity : This is when Elphie decided to take a stand.
But in the play, did they mention she ran away to hide & form a rebellion, resulting to not finish Uni? - Thank Goodness
Okay, this is where everyone heard of the news of the 'Wicked Witch of the West'.
In the book, Elphie didn't call herself that until the death of Fiyero's.
Asides that, everyone also celebrates the (surprise) engagement of Glinda's & Fiyero's. Again, I have to repeat, there was no love triangle whatsoever in the book. It was only suggested by the wife.
Meaning, this scene was just one of the many elaborations for the musical.
& anyway, Fiyero's married in the book. - Wicked Witch of the East
Nessa never had a crush on Boq, so this scene should be cut out.
Although, in the book, she called herself the Wicked Witch of the East with pride - she was crazed with power because she took her father's place when he retired.
So, the Tinman was never Boq. It was some poor hunter guy who someone cursed upon.
Similarity : Nessa felt betrayed by Elphie
In between this scene & the after, did they mention that Elphaba secretly murdered Madame Morrible, the horrible when she was ill? - Wonderful
The Wizard makes ammend to Elphie.
She nearly fell for it but stopped when found Dr Dillamond in a cage, without the ability of speech.
Conflict : Dr Dillamond was already dead - murdered by one of Morrible's weird tinky pet. - I'm Not That Girl (reprise)
Fluke. Fiyero was dead.
No love triangle. - No Good Deed
It did happen in both the book & play.
Only in the book, she kinda decided to go Wicked when Fiyero died. - March Of The Witch Hunters
This is where Boq starts hating Elphie & planned to kill her.
But it kinda did happen - Dorothy, the Tinman & Scarecrow came looking for her by request of the Wizard's.
Conflicts : - It wasn't her fault he was a tinman
- He's not the Tinman
But they weren't planning on killing her.
They just wanted to go back. - For Good
A tender moment.
Yea, yea. Glinda & Elphie says goodbye.
In the book? Fat chance.
Their last encounter, Elphie just snubbed Glinda off.
But for Elphie's credit, she did feel guilty & sad. - Elphaba's Demise
This is where Dorothy spilt water on Elphie & she 'melts'.
No one really knows, actually.
I mean, in the book, they just broke off when Dorothy splashed water on her.
But did you know that Elphie was just on fire & Dorothy just wanted to extinguish it?
Meaning... Dorothy tried to save Elphie's life, except that she did the exact opposite. - Finale
Happy ending for the play!
Fiyero turned into a scarecrow who probably eloped with Elphie.
Well, a HR dreams, after all.
The Wizard went into hiding after realizing he just killed off his own daughter.
Glinda was left with the Wizard's positiong, sending Morrible off to prison.
Only, there were no happy endings in the book, in my opinion.
I mean, Fiyero's dead.
So was Morrible.
Glinda... Well, yea, same as the play.
So's the Wizard.
But Elphie's just a mystery. I mean, is she dead?
Or did she conjure a spell (if she managed) to save herself?
& what happened to Elphie & Fiyero's son (yes, they had a son during their affair - but Elphie nor Fiyero, not like he had the time, didn't know)?
Did anyone know about his real status?
Did he rule Winkietown like his father was supposed to?
So many questions left unanswered.
Yet, the book just ended like that.
So all in all, the musical is a much more happy type, leaving majority of the people to love it.
The Book is just a factual thing, sort of like a Did You Know...? kind of book.
I think the musical rules - but the book was interesting.
Not exactly refreshing as it was a little... Adult & morbid.
But definitely interesting.
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