#uplanders

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This is what she meant by little ways to flirt btw

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WICKED (2024) dir. Jon M. Chu

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Two good friends

[mot-hesbian]

I'm going to say something a little controversial:

I don't think Ariana should have been cast as Glinda (that isn't the controversial part) contrary to some opinions that I've seen, I have total faith that she can NAIL Glinda's vocals. She has an incredible voice, that's kind of a fact, her range is very impressive. I do not, however, trust her with the acting or nuance needed to play Glinda, especially with her using the Cat voice.

Ariana isn't a terrible actress, she's decent, but you need to be able to pull off an "obviously feeling 5 polar opposite and distinct emotions at once while successfully covering them with a smile" to play the role. Plenty of Broadway Glinda's haven't been able to do that, very few acknowledge that she's angry and grieving during NoMtW, she legitimately just watched her best friend die in front of her, something I think truly makes a wonderful Glinda wonderful. Thank Goodness is a very complicated song, Glinda is seriously going through it and trying to hide the fact she's on the verge of having a total breakdown in front of a giant crowd she's meant to be cheering up and encouraging. She's trying to convince others that she is happy when she can't even convince herself.

Glinda isn't an easy role to play, it's a heavy responsibility. It's even harder when trying to play with the dumb blonde trope while also displaying the fact that Glinda is deeply intelligent, she just knows that that's not going to get her very far. As she knows, in Oz the most important is being popular.

****EDIT****

I have since made another post after watching the trailer, my opinions have changed as a result.

[lemonsonsticks]

"Glinda, come with me, think of what we could do, together.." ".. With you and I defying gravity.." I always come back from the dead to post sapphics and then disappear again into the abyss

[alicesbread]

We need Gelphie fanarts and fics but instead of Elphaba and Glinda from wicked it's the ones from the original the Wizard of Oz movie. Hear me out.

[uneasyallyofthebody]

i would die for them 🥺

[madisoncounty]

congratulations to wicked for 20 years running on broadway!

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CYNTHIA ERIVO as ELPHABA THROPP and ARIANA GRANDE as G(A)LINDA UPLAND in WICKED (2024)

[simplysparrow14]

Listen, as someone who's favorite movie of all time is the Wizard of Oz, seeing the OG OZ gang with Dorothy's book canon silver shoes makes me fucking cry with joy.

Never in my life would I ever thought that I would see Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion and Toto again on the big screen.

I am officially the happiest person in the world

[lylikers]

in honor of having my life altered by mary kate morrissey and alexandra socha last weekend

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Elphaba & Glinda in new movie teaser

[emmakubert]

Who else’s inner musical theater nerd is crying now that this is actually happening? Been waiting so long

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ARIANA GRANDE as GLINDA UPLAND Wicked (2024) dir. Jon M. Chu

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I saw the Wicked musical last week 🏳️‍🌈