Wicked

Been listening to the Wicked soundtrack lately and holy shit I really want to see it again.

It's so awesome : ( and really puts a spin on the Wizard of Oz story.

If you've been living under a rock and don't know what Wicked is about, it's based on a novel by Gregory Maguire which explores the history of the Wicked Witch of The West before the happenings of The Wizard of Oz, as told from her point of view.

What pulled me into the musical, aside from the shiny colours, flamboyant costumes and catchy songs (Defying Gravity anyone?) is how the plot cleverly turns around a lot of things you think you know from the Wizard of Oz. By the end of it all your perception of the original Wizard of Oz story is changed and you start to think, who's the real bad guy here? Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, is portrayed as the nicest and most innocent girl, and her character grows on you till you're balling your eyes out at the end when she gets melted by Dorothy's bucket of water.

Not that I was balling my eyes out

I WASNT.

I SWEAR.