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Subject: Re: Wicked
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:52:00 -0600
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On 2024-11-27 00:18:25 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:

> In article <vi5lca$3ljrk$1@dont-email.me>,
> super70s  <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2024-11-25 04:15:51 +0000, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan said:
>> 
>>> Saw Wicked with my niece.  I thought it was pretty good if you like
>>> that sort of thing (and I don't mind a musical new & then).  The
>>> fact that the star made a public ass of herself recently didn't
>>> stop a solid performance, and Glenda was quite good as well..  I
>>> also liked that they didn't make the wheelchair using sister into
>>> a saint.  I did feel that the music wasn't up to the Ashman/Menken
>>> level with the exception of the closing number which had a real "A
>>> Whole New World" feel and was excellent.  Be aware it ends on a
>>> cliffhanger.
>>> 
>>> Anyone know if there were a post-credit scene?  My niece wasn't going to
>>> indulge my penchant for sitting through the whole credit reel.
>> 
>> I heard the opening weekend of "Glicked" was nowhere near that of
>> "Barbenheimer."
>> 
> 
> Well, I don't know why it would be.  Barbie is a beloved toy owned by
> about half the population.  "Wicked" is a book/musical read/heard by a
> fraction of that.

Based on The Wizard of Oz which is at least as big a pop culture legend 
as Barbie.