here's a new WICKED Trailer

[sandstorm]

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The two meet as students at Shiz University in the fantastical Land of Oz and forge an unlikely but profound friendship. Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda's unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power, while Elphaba's

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[therearewords]

Just imagining this without the CGI and Ariana.

[sandstorm]

Well they built the train AND planted tulips...so those are at least real.

Jeff Goldblum? idk.

[therearewords]

So they could make sure that Emerald City is ready for that Jupiter Ascending cross over.

[wickedchaos]

Animated would have been a good choice as well.

[anagramofbrat]

Sounds like they used a better take of Defying Gravity for this trailer.

don't see myself getting over my distaste for Cynthia and Ariana in the roles though.

[gimmemoarjosh]

Ooh... what is the tea on Cynthia? 🤔 👀

Ariana is obvious. 😄

[ginainabottle]

IIRC cynthia shared some elitist views on black americans/african american heritage, which was exposed around the time she played Harriet Tubman. and apparently Lena Waithe cheated on her ex-wife with Cynthia, so cheating is likely another similarity between the leads lol

Re: Ariana DeBose

[bakemonos]

Said Black Americans have no culture while simulatenously playing one of our most beloved icons OF OUR CULTURE. Fuck her for real.

[1100003]

Is Ariana acting or does she always sound this chipmunky when speaking? :0

[gimmemoarjosh]

She dropped the blackccent. This is her new persona. Lol

[smegma]

she'll be blasian again when this fails to win any oscars

[gimmemoarjosh]

🤣

You sure? I think it depends on her next boyfriend. She is one of those (like my mother and sister! They turn into who they date. Gross.)

[ty]

I watched the whole thing without stopping. The song is really good. I think people will like this. I do not know the story of Wicked, I feel like I should by now.

[gimmemoarjosh]

I feel the same way. I'll definitely watch it. I'm curious. And who the hell didn't grow up with the OG 'The Wizard of Oz'? I don't even like musicals at allllll!

(I also grew up with 'The Wiz' but I'm probably an outlier in the white community. 🤷‍♂️)

[cstoffer]

Not sure mr bayleaf and Faye Dunaway are enough for me to stomach this. This is a terrible version of DG.

[nermal_kat]

Faye Dunaway?

[cstoffer]

Bowan yangs handle on insta.