'Wicked' review: Musical adaptation defies gravity... eventually


By AGENCY

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the most colour-coordinated of them all? — Photos: Handout

Wicked doesn’t need a movie adaptation to be relevant – it’s already a cultural phenomenon, even before the behemoth two-part film adaptation hit cinemas.

The beloved Tony-winning Broadway musical is adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life And Times Of The Wicked Witch Of The West, a revisionist history of Frank L. Baum’s 1900 fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, and that book’s iconic 1939 film adaptation The Wizard Of Oz.

7.5 10

Summary:

Struggles to take flight, but soars when it does

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Wicked , Michelle Yeoh

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