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I feel most of these were obvious. However, what was the RED BOOK Glenda held up in the POPULAR scene? I think it quickly shows the cover, and then she opened it to a page with a man's face drawn/illustration??? If anyone could help I would be so thankful--- as this is really puzzling me!
In the books, Madame Morrible is described as having very obvious fish like qualities and characteristics. When she's first seen walking into the courtyard at Shiz, her costuming gives her the silhouette of a fish "walking" on it's tail. Absolutely love the costumer for that!
Same - when they appeared, I immediately smiled, clasped my hands together, and leaned over to my friend and said, "I am SO GLAD I didn't know they were in it!"
I LOVE the fact that during Defying Gravity, she struggled to stay afloat and almost fell to the ground! It shows consistency, since it’s her newfound control of her powers and it looks a bit odd that she’s an expert of it already.
Saw the movie today and I LOVE that they managed to keep two certain cameos as a secret for so long! I also started going, “Pooooooppieeeeeees” during that scene…and I also hummed Elmira Gultch’s theme when the bikes showed up xD
I heard musical themes from the Wizard of Oz in the orchestra, Ding Dong the Witch is dead during Good News, I heard Follow the Yellow Brick Road, and Somewhere over the Rainbow… I loved that
@@TomWDW1 The tune for “Unlimited” is the first part of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”, just in a different pitch (you also first hear it as the scene focuses on a rainbow before ‘No One Mourns The Wicked’)
@shnnnsullivan @sapphireman I just saw Wicked again today. They literally play the line 'somewhere over the rainbow' immediately following the end of The Wizard and I. It's clear as day. :-)
SPOLERS!!!! IN MY COMMENT FOR ANYONEEEEE WHO CARES! That but another scene is really devastating to me. When Glinda is JUST about to go with Elphaba. Imagine what they would've done for Oz together. THEY WERE SO CLOSE!!!!
I think this is an example of a good Part 1 because while it definitely ends with a cliffhanger, it's still a movie that managed to stand on it's own in building it's conflict with an extended climax on Defying Gravity that worked so well
Yeah I was really sad that it would be 2 parts but remembering my feelings from the times I saw the musical, ending on Defying Gravuty leaves you wanting more. Just sucks waiting a year
It goes along with the broadway show end of act 1. It makes sense, not just from a money standpoint (they can make more) but from a character development standpoint. I love to see more about the characters, specially the animals, so it gives more depth and generates more empathy in the characters. In the broadway show everything passes fast and the sequences are one right after the other so you blink and you miss it.
Also, on the balloon contraption that delivered Elphaba's invitation, on either side of the walrus it said "OM" and "NE", a nod to the Wizard's origins in Omaha, Nebraska.
I love how the narrator is like “ her three friends play a key role even though you may not recognize them and we’re not gonna tell you” and then “a lion cub, who may or may not grow up to be cowardly” 😂😂😂
@@L_o_c_a_l_G_u_y I mean, that's not really a spoiler... if Elphaba is the Witch of the West, that makes Nessarose the Witch of the East, and we all know what happened to her since the book came out in 1900
@elene.verley oh. Yeah. In the film she says she's her sister. Ha! Never thought of that. It's just movie lore not tied to the book, so I guess I never thought of it that way. 🤦🏻
Big spoiler for part 2- at the very beginning after the melting scene and the flying monkeys are flying away, under the castle on a bridge there is a horse (most likely fiyero’s horse)running away with someone wearing a cloak riding it… if you know u know…🧙
I CAUGHT THAT TOO!!! brilliant!! Thank you. I caught so much other stuff too. They did SO good with so many Easter eggs. I probably counted 50-100. Insane.
Thank you for bringing this one up. I caught it on my second viewing and almost dropped my drink. Like, how scandalocious but also genius. Very few people seem to notice, even though it stares us in the face for at least a full 3 seconds.
This is your sign to see it in 3D while you can. It is absolutely so worth the few extra bucks. You will literally feel like you’re in Oz with them. And if you’ve already seen the regular 2D version, it makes seeing it in 3D even better and you’ll appreciate it even more.
At the end of "The Wizard and I", Elphaba runs outside of Shiz and stands on a cliff. Beyond her are the Unpassable deserts that separate Oz from the rest of the world. The wizard uses his balloon to cross them, while Dorothy loses her slippers in them at some point when she travels back home at the end of Baum's first book. This is something discussed in detail in Baum's books, but only mentioned in passing during the 1939 movie and the musical. I loved seeing them in person.
In the film Return to Oz she briefly has to traverse it. There was also a professor by the name of Mombi at Shiz. Another nod to Return to Oz(film), and the books it was based on.
Does this count? I noticed how the beginning is quite dark announcing the wicked witch was dead. Then it moves to the kids running to munchkinland in colour. I thought that was paying tribute going from black and white to technicolour in the original film 🤷♀️
10:09 Chills schmills! The transition noted in "Then it moves to the kids running to Munchkinland in color" recalls an important moment in cinematic history: Dorothy opening a "black and white" door into a Technicolor Munchkinland! True it wasn't Dorothy or even Elphaba opening the door, but to me that was the biggest Easter egg.
It's literally his whole deal... 🎶Life is painless, when you're brainless 🎶 🎶Life is froughtless, when you're thoughtless🎶 Then in Act 2: 🎶Maybe I'm brainless, maybe I'm wise🎶
idk if anyone else noticed how Madame Mortible used an umbrella to cover elphaba like if she knew if she gets wet she will “melt” I thought that was a glimpse into the future
Return to Oz is based on The Magical Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz. There is a witch called Mombi in Magical land, but she's gone by Ozma of Oz where Langwidere removes her heads.
Honestly, I knew coming from a mile away that Stephen Schwartz, Idina Menzel, and Kristin Chenoweth will absolutely make a cameo (they wouldn't missed an opportunity to do it as they are extremely supportive of the movie) but being part of "One Short Day" musical number was not something I expected and I was the only one in a crowded IMAX theater that was giggling like a kid as they showed up 😅
I gasped the loudest gasp🤭 I melted when Idina and Kristin stood next to Cynthia and Ariana and how they caressed their faces or gave a delicate touch. As if in that moment it was told to all of us that they were passing on the torch for a new generation of ICONIC wicked sisters🥹
I noticed a few nods to the original Oz books that the average person wouldn't notice unless you've read the books. Most were mentioned in this video, I noticed a few more very subtle references. 1, during Wizard and I, Elphaba runs thru a field and sees a desert. That is the desert that surrounds Oz. 2, They showed the people of Oz as described in the books. The munchkins, winkies, and quadlings. I didn't notice any porcelain people. 3, Lions and Tigers and bears make an appearance. 4, the wooden horse in the background before Defying Gravity. The wooden horse debuts in Ozma of Oz and is part of the story to find the missing princess that Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth were singing about. The missing powers they were talking about is Princess Ozma. The 15 original Oz books are still awesome reads today if you want to understand these references yourself.
I saw the original Broadway cast in the San Francisco test run of Wicked in 2003, the summer before it opened on Broadway, so I was thrilled to see Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel's cameos. BTW, for those who saw the original Broadway run, Joel Grey was brought in to play the Wizard after the test run when the original actor seemed weak in the role.
Oooooo!!! I saw the SF production in 2003 also! One element that was in the stage play (and played HEAVILY in the Wicked books...and missing from this movie version was the Time Dragon.
I mean that FOR GOOD background music had me wailing in buckets of tears already!!! I rewatched it again just to listen to those FOR GOOD notes woven in the background!
When Elphaba’s spell gives the monkeys wings, as she tries to escape and looks through the window, the feathers falling from the sky as the monkeys fly seem to nod to the snow falling on the poppy field scene in The Wizard of Oz.
I've seen this 2x (already) and this one really stood out to me but hard to find online. In the intro scene into Shiz and the introduction of Miss Coddle there is the start of the build up feud between Elphaba, Miss Coddle and Nessarose in which Miss Coddle states, "Well, isn't this an awkward Gulch" (or something to that nature) but I definitely caught the Gulch word and the association to the Gayle family neighbor Miss Gulch in the MGM Wizard of Oz.
I not sure if this qualifies as an Easter Egg, but throughout the film ,especially at Shiz and in the Emerald City there are green plants with pink flowers everywhere
During the opening scene with the song “No One Mourns The Wicked” I heard a little bit of the instrumental to “Ding Dong The Witch is Dead” as the kids were running through the field ringing the bell announcing the death of the wicked witch of the west and the title card is in the same font as the title card in the 1939 MGM movie musical. I also noticed the impassable desert during the song “The Wizard And I” which in Return To Oz is called the deadly desert and the wheelers fall into the desert and some of them fall in and get turned to sand
Have watched in Imax, 3D, and standard (2d) and they are all "great" but Imax was the "swankiest". I was in tears at the Ozdust Ballroom when the two dance. Forgiveness and redemption are powerful story arcs and Jon Chu did it without either of them (Glinda and Elphaba) saying a word. He is Definity up for best director.
@@MzElaineMarie I sat in the second row and at times it felt as if I was in the movie which during the monkey transformation and the ending stairwell fire scene were a little terrifying. I have 2 more tickets and then the Pantages in Hollywood is bringing the stage version back, so I need to go at least 8 more times to hit an even 100.
There's a moment during dancing through life where Fiyero stands between 2 columns with his arms stretched out and legs crossed just like a scarecrow! ❤
I just watched it today! I loved it! I also noticed the Ruby Slippers that was obvious so was seeing Dorothy. Also it was annoying to keep hearing For Good. Seeing the originals made me jump in joy!
What I spotted warning spoilers 1. Dorothy,Tin man,Cowardly Lion and the scarecrow(Fiyero's other form)can be seen in the beginning of the film. I think Ariana Grande's dog Toulese makes a cameo too. 2. Idina Menzel and Kirstin Chenworth made a cameo near the end of the film. 3. The map sorta resembles the map from Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban. 4. Elphaba's true father's identity can be seen in the opening of the film (the wizard Oscar Diggs). 5. Dorothy's Og slippers can be seen as well as her red shoes.
Regarding the Ruby Slippers, _Wicked_ is actually the first film in the 84 years since _The Wizard of Oz_ debuted to have the full involvement of the IP owner, allowing more imagery from the 1939 classic to be referenced (Dorothy and her friends are instantly recognizable as they appeared in the original film). It's clear, however, that the shoes will retain their appearance as silver jeweled shoes with tornado-inspired heels.
at the beginning one of the people in shiz said it might be a 'gulch' to fit elphaba in to a room. gulch as in miss gulch who is the wicked witch in the wizard of oz!!!
I saw this movie twice, second viewing in IMAX. I can tell you that the movie is a much improvement viewing after I saw it second time and I absolutely didn't feel the long runtime meaning that the pacing was actually much better than I thought first time around. I only check my watch once in the second viewing and was shocked to know that the movie was already 2 hours in. I guess it's because I slowly get used by the song with hearing the soundtrack before watching the movie second time, it gets so much better
@@Erasureeraser The critics saying the runtime is long need to STFU because after the film ended, it did NOT feel like over 2 and a half hours had passed, maybe just over 2
The nod to both the book shes being silver and technicolor red shes made my heart just almost explode. I worked at a library and dressed up as the Wicked Witch with silver slippers for a Halloween party and a little kid told me that they were supposed to be red. I asked him if he ever read the book to which he said nope. Read it, I told him. He did and dressed up like the tinman next Halloween 😂😂😂
The side profile of Elphaba scene right after Glinda puts on her long cape. I'd like to believe it was a nod (pay respect?) to the OG cover of the book.
I had wondered if the fact Fiyero’s horse was blue as a nod to the blue marks he was described as having in the Wicked novel - so not only is it a horse of a different color it’s also a blue horse for Fiyero.
The notes used whenever the word ‘Unlimited’ is sung by itself (eg: “Defying Gravity”) are heard in that scene *and* those notes are the same used when singing the line “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
I knew that was For Good playing in the background! That is my favorite song of the musical and to hear the instrumental version of it during the break of my second favorite song, Dancing Through Life, and my ninth favorite song, Popular, is the life! EEP! :) When I eagerly watched that part when Glinda and Elphaba danced together the way that they did and heard the background music. I was like in my head, "Okay, that music sounds awfully familiar. What song could it be from the musical?" Then I gasped in my head, "Oh my gosh! It's For Good!" Sadly, I may have to patiently wait for, For Good, to play out fully in another year. But, hey, hearing my favorite song actually be foreshadowed in the background by its instrumental version that perfectly works too! EEP! :)
Here’s an Easter egg I noticed! Elphabas real dad is the Wonderful wizard of Oz How do I know this? If you watch carefully in the beginning you can see Elphabas mom has another man over. What color if his tux? Green! What’s the wizard of Oz’s fav color? Green! What color is Elphie? GREEN! Knowing the wizard is accutualy evil, trying to hurt the last speakable animals, it gives me the clue that he was evil before/during he had “power”. in the starting of the movie the other man had OZ printed on his glittery green tux. That concludes why I think Elphabas dad is the wizard. Hope that was enough info! Please have this in a video! I ❤ ur vids!
I saw the film yesterday and cried and gave it a 10/10❤love this play so much❤saw it on broadway 5 yrs ago so I was excited for this movie😊 I noticed that after the movie being in 2 parts that they’re doing it like the broadway show where act 1 ends with defying gravity and then it’s a intermission until act 2😭plus I also noticed that the trailer only showed scenes and stuff from act 1 and not act 2 so I’m assuming that when act 2 is released then the trailer would show scenes from that part of the story🤷🏽♀️
This is exactly how a movie musical adaptation should be done. Not going to lie for the 40th anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera I say this director should make a new movie adaptation of Phantom or its sequel Love Never Dies. I think the visuals achieved would translate well to Andrew Lloyd Webber's work with the masked man.
@@L_o_c_a_l_G_u_yNo but I enjoyed it. Now I will say Til I hear you sing SHOULD be at the end for phantom mourning Christine instead of the beginning. Otherwise I enjoyed it very much.
@@L_o_c_a_l_G_u_yNo but I enjoyed it. Now I will say Til I hear you sing SHOULD be at the end for phantom mourning Christine instead of the beginning. Otherwise I enjoyed it very much.
In in one shot in Defying Gravity I believe Elphabas cloak was shaped in the way you would have seen it in the stage version. I was half expecting Galindas bubble to glitch, as I remember hearing about a live performance where Galinda was stuck in the air in the bubble for some of the performance.
The banner of Oscar Diggs , is a cameo of a prequel Oz character in Oz , the great and powerful film . And the prequel was in the period before Wicked , historically speaking .
What was the RED BOOK Glenda held up in the POPULAR scene? I think it quickly shows the cover, and then she opened it to a page with a man's face drawn/illustration??? If anyone could help I would be so thankful, as this is really puzzling me!
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I feel most of these were obvious. However, what was the RED BOOK Glenda held up in the POPULAR scene? I think it quickly shows the cover, and then she opened it to a page with a man's face drawn/illustration??? If anyone could help I would be so thankful--- as this is really puzzling me!
@@graceworks3697 I was wondering this too! The illustration looks familiar.
After Alphaba meetsfiero for the first time, she tells him off and says “get stuffed“
Glinda also taps the red shoes three times in the air, which is obviously a reference 🎉
Yes 🙌
That's what I was going to say
In the books, Madame Morrible is described as having very obvious fish like qualities and characteristics. When she's first seen walking into the courtyard at Shiz, her costuming gives her the silhouette of a fish "walking" on it's tail. Absolutely love the costumer for that!
That's awesome! Good catch!
Ethsn Slater said to look at the characters silhouettes!
I'm still absolutely in awe how the OG cameos were kept unspoiled!
Same - when they appeared, I immediately smiled, clasped my hands together, and leaned over to my friend and said, "I am SO GLAD I didn't know they were in it!"
@MzElaineMarie I legit screamed and my friend grabbed my arm and just started sobbing😂😅
My mouth just dropped open - then tears.
Loved it ❤
Right?! They were on press tour, I just assumed because they were OG, and how they embodied their original characters in their number 😍
I loved this movie, and wish that I could watch it for the first time again. The nods to the original story were amazing.
I see your comments on everything musical theater I watch lol
@@MoonLeaf3546Great minds certainly think alike, right?! Musical theatre is just one of my many passions. 😉
@@trinaq sameee! Not sure what I would do without my musicals 💖
@@MoonLeaf3546 Me neither, what are some of your favourite musicals?
@@trinaq Shrek the musical, heathers, the great Gatsby, wicked, newsies, hamilton, and my all-time favorite musical is six! 💜💜
I LOVE the fact that during Defying Gravity, she struggled to stay afloat and almost fell to the ground! It shows consistency, since it’s her newfound control of her powers and it looks a bit odd that she’s an expert of it already.
Saw the movie today and I LOVE that they managed to keep two certain cameos as a secret for so long! I also started going, “Pooooooppieeeeeees” during that scene…and I also hummed Elmira Gultch’s theme when the bikes showed up xD
I was so shock when I saw them ❤
I almost burst when I saw!😊
Screamed like a fangirl when I saw them 😘
I also love how we all are keeping the surprise cameos secret! Well done, us! ❤
@@Dennhunt1 I definitely expected them to be in it but it was far enough in that I forgot about looking for them! Haha
To anyone who hasn’t seen this yet… RUN don’t walk. This film is a masterpiece.
Props to whoever that cast Cynthia and Ariana. They were born to play Elphaba and Galinda.
Director Jon M. Chu - what perfect casting, indeed!
I heard musical themes from the Wizard of Oz in the orchestra, Ding Dong the Witch is dead during Good News, I heard Follow the Yellow Brick Road, and Somewhere over the Rainbow… I loved that
Where was the somwhere over the rainbow at? in Which part? Thanks!
I don't remember when, but I also definitely noticed "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" at one point in the score
@@TomWDW1
The tune for “Unlimited” is the first part of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”, just in a different pitch (you also first hear it as the scene focuses on a rainbow before ‘No One Mourns The Wicked’)
@shnnnsullivan @sapphireman I just saw Wicked again today. They literally play the line 'somewhere over the rainbow' immediately following the end of The Wizard and I.
It's clear as day. :-)
I came to make the same comment! It was a flash but surely recognisable
Also in the ruby slippers section, the silver shoes that Nessa gets are in a case with red gems lining the interior… just thought that was a fun nod
The ball room scene is the most emotional
SPOLERS!!!! IN MY COMMENT FOR ANYONEEEEE WHO CARES! That but another scene is really devastating to me. When Glinda is JUST about to go with Elphaba. Imagine what they would've done for Oz together. THEY WERE SO CLOSE!!!!
I think this is an example of a good Part 1 because while it definitely ends with a cliffhanger, it's still a movie that managed to stand on it's own in building it's conflict with an extended climax on Defying Gravity that worked so well
Yeah I was really sad that it would be 2 parts but remembering my feelings from the times I saw the musical, ending on Defying Gravuty leaves you wanting more. Just sucks waiting a year
It goes along with the broadway show end of act 1. It makes sense, not just from a money standpoint (they can make more) but from a character development standpoint. I love to see more about the characters, specially the animals, so it gives more depth and generates more empathy in the characters. In the broadway show everything passes fast and the sequences are one right after the other so you blink and you miss it.
Also. It can be a stand alone film.
If it was only one film either things would be left out or it would be far to long.
Also, on the balloon contraption that delivered Elphaba's invitation, on either side of the walrus it said "OM" and "NE", a nod to the Wizard's origins in Omaha, Nebraska.
Oooooo that’s a deep cut. Good catch
Also! During the Wizomania scene when it projects the Wizard “reading” from the Grimmerie, he’s saying Omaha.
I liked Bowen Yang’s shoutout to All That Jazz from Chicago when getting ready to go to the Ozdust Ballroom, he says he’s gonna “rouge his knees”!
I too think the lion may become the cowardly lion. I also loved the soft touch when the wizard did that bit with the coin - fake magic vs real magic
Shaking in the corner
Madame Morrible "controlling the weather" is a necessary nod to what's to come...
The great drought ?!?
@@nayelynunez6753 The cyclone that brings Dorothy
@@nayelynunez6753ooh I didn’t think of that! She’s been behind everything all along!
I love how the narrator is like “ her three friends play a key role even though you may not recognize them and we’re not gonna tell you” and then “a lion cub, who may or may not grow up to be cowardly” 😂😂😂
Yeah I was coming to the comments to say that lol
"We won't spoil anything!" Then they spoil it a minute later
"cyclones on the heel of the shoes, hinting at her eventual demise"
@@L_o_c_a_l_G_u_y I mean, that's not really a spoiler... if Elphaba is the Witch of the West, that makes Nessarose the Witch of the East, and we all know what happened to her since the book came out in 1900
@elene.verley oh. Yeah. In the film she says she's her sister. Ha! Never thought of that. It's just movie lore not tied to the book, so I guess I never thought of it that way. 🤦🏻
At the beginning of the movie, just before you see Dorthy and everyone else, you physically are flown Over a Rainbow
...and that rainbow is in this order of color, from bottom to top>> ROYGBIV
Loved this film. Everyone clapped at the end. I would recommend watching it
Almost makes it all the more sad in the wizard of oz especially since they kinda hate each other and stuff
I saw it I’d see it again and then and then part2
Just saw it today! It was awesome! ❤
@@CatKun-2000 Wait for part 2! Or go see when the Broadway production will be near you! Part 2/ Act 2 ends it beautifully!
Big spoiler for part 2- at the very beginning after the melting scene and the flying monkeys are flying away, under the castle on a bridge there is a horse (most likely fiyero’s horse)running away with someone wearing a cloak riding it… if you know u know…🧙
I CAUGHT THAT TOO!!! brilliant!! Thank you. I caught so much other stuff too. They did SO good with so many Easter eggs. I probably counted 50-100. Insane.
Just after this scene there's also another scene Just for a moment...if you know u know!
Thank you for bringing this one up. I caught it on my second viewing and almost dropped my drink. Like, how scandalocious but also genius. Very few people seem to notice, even though it stares us in the face for at least a full 3 seconds.
Great! Now I have to watch it a third time😂
The 3rd time I saw the movie I noticed it. I’m shocked I didn’t notice it before.
This is your sign to see it in 3D while you can. It is absolutely so worth the few extra bucks. You will literally feel like you’re in Oz with them. And if you’ve already seen the regular 2D version, it makes seeing it in 3D even better and you’ll appreciate it even more.
At the end of "The Wizard and I", Elphaba runs outside of Shiz and stands on a cliff. Beyond her are the Unpassable deserts that separate Oz from the rest of the world. The wizard uses his balloon to cross them, while Dorothy loses her slippers in them at some point when she travels back home at the end of Baum's first book. This is something discussed in detail in Baum's books, but only mentioned in passing during the 1939 movie and the musical. I loved seeing them in person.
In the film Return to Oz she briefly has to traverse it. There was also a professor by the name of Mombi at Shiz. Another nod to Return to Oz(film), and the books it was based on.
Everytime they tease For Good, I legit can't stop myself from crying.
What about the font of the title and end card? It was the same font as The Wizard of Oz. I admit I cried when I saw it.
I was just going to say this!
I wondered if anyone else noticed.
Good catch. It looked familiar.
I LOVED this touch! Noticed it right away!
Does this count?
I noticed how the beginning is quite dark announcing the wicked witch was dead. Then it moves to the kids running to munchkinland in colour.
I thought that was paying tribute going from black and white to technicolour in the original film 🤷♀️
Your comment gave me chills. You have a very good eye❤
10:09 Chills schmills! The transition noted in "Then it moves to the kids running to Munchkinland in color" recalls an important moment in cinematic history: Dorothy opening a "black and white" door into a Technicolor Munchkinland!
True it wasn't Dorothy or even Elphaba opening the door, but to me that was the biggest Easter egg.
Good catch!
Their brief skipping in One Short Day is a nod to We're Off To See The Wizard dance/skip.
Glinda mentioning Fiyero was “thinking” for the first time since she met him.. (if he only had a brain..?)
It's literally his whole deal...
🎶Life is painless, when you're brainless 🎶
🎶Life is froughtless, when you're thoughtless🎶
Then in Act 2:
🎶Maybe I'm brainless, maybe I'm wise🎶
Yes and Bok mentioning he cries a lot, and is "in love" with 1 person completely ignoring Nessa. If only he had a heart.
@@junetigercat Also Boq’s surname is given as “Woodsman”.
idk if anyone else noticed how Madame Mortible used an umbrella to cover elphaba like if she knew if she gets wet she will “melt” I thought that was a glimpse into the future
And she even tells Elphaba " We mustn't let you get wet" while holding the umbrella over Elphaba
Maybe she can see the future too
A teacher called Mombi was introduced in the school orientation scene. Mombi was another Oz villian, notably Return to Oz
Return to Oz is based on The Magical Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz. There is a witch called Mombi in Magical land, but she's gone by Ozma of Oz where Langwidere removes her heads.
The Wizard playing with the moon was so interesting - a'la The Great Dictator!
Fiyero stepped on a red book that was the wizard of oz in the dancing through life!
Do you happen to know what the red book was in the POPULAR scene, which Glenda holds up showing an illustration of a man's face?
Honestly, I knew coming from a mile away that Stephen Schwartz, Idina Menzel, and Kristin Chenoweth will absolutely make a cameo (they wouldn't missed an opportunity to do it as they are extremely supportive of the movie) but being part of "One Short Day" musical number was not something I expected and I was the only one in a crowded IMAX theater that was giggling like a kid as they showed up 😅
I basically screamed, so you’re good.
We caught it. It brought giggles and smiles seeing them. 💚
lol omg I literally said out loud “ omg this makes me so happy!!!” I loved it!
I gasped the loudest gasp🤭 I melted when Idina and Kristin stood next to Cynthia and Ariana and how they caressed their faces or gave a delicate touch. As if in that moment it was told to all of us that they were passing on the torch for a new generation of ICONIC wicked sisters🥹
Well chenoworth is caught up in the diddy drama, so idk if she will make cameo 😮
I also love how they always mention fiyero as brainless and that he doesn’t think a lot
Fun fast: Jonathan Bailey’s horse in the film is the same horse he rides in Bridgerton
9:24 you may also notice that she taps the back of the shoes together three times like Dorothy does in the 1939 version
Galinda even taps the red shoes three times together, a further nod and even foreshadowing of the powers of the shoes
I noticed a few nods to the original Oz books that the average person wouldn't notice unless you've read the books. Most were mentioned in this video, I noticed a few more very subtle references. 1, during Wizard and I, Elphaba runs thru a field and sees a desert. That is the desert that surrounds Oz. 2, They showed the people of Oz as described in the books. The munchkins, winkies, and quadlings. I didn't notice any porcelain people. 3, Lions and Tigers and bears make an appearance. 4, the wooden horse in the background before Defying Gravity. The wooden horse debuts in Ozma of Oz and is part of the story to find the missing princess that Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth were singing about. The missing powers they were talking about is Princess Ozma. The 15 original Oz books are still awesome reads today if you want to understand these references yourself.
Galinda and Elphaba in combat training with staffs during What is this feeling, getting ready for the wand Vs broom fight in Act 2
I saw the original Broadway cast in the San Francisco test run of Wicked in 2003, the summer before it opened on Broadway, so I was thrilled to see Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel's cameos. BTW, for those who saw the original Broadway run, Joel Grey was brought in to play the Wizard after the test run when the original actor seemed weak in the role.
Oooooo!!! I saw the SF production in 2003 also! One element that was in the stage play (and played HEAVILY in the Wicked books...and missing from this movie version was the Time Dragon.
The Clock of the Time Dragon is mostly a cameo in itself in the play, to be fair, though hands down the coolest part of the set.
I loved this movie! 😺💙🐾 The social commentary and the messages sent to the audience is so powerful! Unlimited 🍻 Cheers
Just got back. I had so much fun watching this!
I mean that FOR GOOD background music had me wailing in buckets of tears already!!! I rewatched it again just to listen to those FOR GOOD notes woven in the background!
When Elphaba’s spell gives the monkeys wings, as she tries to escape and looks through the window, the feathers falling from the sky as the monkeys fly seem to nod to the snow falling on the poppy field scene in The Wizard of Oz.
New fan… MOVIE WAS AMAZING BTW 🥳🥳 I’m definitely going to see it again “to be Pop youuuu lerrr, lar”
Do you know what book is held book is held up in this scene by Glenda?
I've seen this 2x (already) and this one really stood out to me but hard to find online.
In the intro scene into Shiz and the introduction of Miss Coddle there is the start of the build up feud between Elphaba, Miss Coddle and Nessarose in which Miss Coddle states, "Well, isn't this an awkward Gulch" (or something to that nature) but I definitely caught the Gulch word and the association to the Gayle family neighbor Miss Gulch in the MGM Wizard of Oz.
Yesss I found this so obvious!!
Same here. That was a good easter egg
Yes!!!
Yes! I caught that one
This was the comment I was looking for
I not sure if this qualifies as an Easter Egg, but throughout the film ,especially at Shiz and in the Emerald City there are green plants with pink flowers everywhere
Adding to this, what colour was the background when Elphaba went to the ‘Western Sky’? Pink (Glinda’s colour)!
During the opening scene with the song “No One Mourns The Wicked” I heard a little bit of the instrumental to “Ding Dong The Witch is Dead” as the kids were running through the field ringing the bell announcing the death of the wicked witch of the west and the title card is in the same font as the title card in the 1939 MGM movie musical. I also noticed the impassable desert during the song “The Wizard And I” which in Return To Oz is called the deadly desert and the wheelers fall into the desert and some of them fall in and get turned to sand
Have watched in Imax, 3D, and standard (2d) and they are all "great" but Imax was the "swankiest". I was in tears at the Ozdust Ballroom when the two dance. Forgiveness and redemption are powerful story arcs and Jon Chu did it without either of them (Glinda and Elphaba) saying a word. He is Definity up for best director.
I've just seen the 3D version. What makes the Imax swankier?
@@MzElaineMarie I sat in the second row and at times it felt as if I was in the movie which during the monkey transformation and the ending stairwell fire scene were a little terrifying. I have 2 more tickets and then the Pantages in Hollywood is bringing the stage version back, so I need to go at least 8 more times to hit an even 100.
@pineshimmer Wow!
The witch Mombi is mentioned as being Shiz head of Biology. She's from the books and is person the Wizard gave Princess Ozma to
Someone had to say it! (Glad I'm not the first. :) )
Not to mention the font of the title card is a nod to the 1939 wizard of oz movie
There's a moment during dancing through life where Fiyero stands between 2 columns with his arms stretched out and legs crossed just like a scarecrow! ❤
I just watched it today! I loved it! I also noticed the Ruby Slippers that was obvious so was seeing Dorothy. Also it was annoying to keep hearing For Good. Seeing the originals made me jump in joy!
Hey, For Good was not that annoying. I didn't think that they overdid it. :(
What I spotted warning spoilers
1. Dorothy,Tin man,Cowardly Lion and the scarecrow(Fiyero's other form)can be seen in the beginning of the film. I think Ariana Grande's dog Toulese makes a cameo too.
2. Idina Menzel and Kirstin Chenworth made a cameo near the end of the film.
3. The map sorta resembles the map from Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban.
4. Elphaba's true father's identity can be seen in the opening of the film (the wizard Oscar Diggs).
5. Dorothy's Og slippers can be seen as well as her red shoes.
yup😍 right away when I saw the movie and hope people took notice too
The cameos was so surprising. I looking forward to part 2. I liked the titles were in the designed like wizard of oz.
the gasp in the theater when the cameos came out was wonderful!
Coddle uses gulch instead of glitch! Loved that!!!!
Regarding the Ruby Slippers, _Wicked_ is actually the first film in the 84 years since _The Wizard of Oz_ debuted to have the full involvement of the IP owner, allowing more imagery from the 1939 classic to be referenced (Dorothy and her friends are instantly recognizable as they appeared in the original film). It's clear, however, that the shoes will retain their appearance as silver jeweled shoes with tornado-inspired heels.
at the beginning one of the people in shiz said it might be a 'gulch' to fit elphaba in to a room. gulch as in miss gulch who is the wicked witch in the wizard of oz!!!
I saw this movie twice, second viewing in IMAX. I can tell you that the movie is a much improvement viewing after I saw it second time and I absolutely didn't feel the long runtime meaning that the pacing was actually much better than I thought first time around. I only check my watch once in the second viewing and was shocked to know that the movie was already 2 hours in. I guess it's because I slowly get used by the song with hearing the soundtrack before watching the movie second time, it gets so much better
@@Erasureeraser The critics saying the runtime is long need to STFU because after the film ended, it did NOT feel like over 2 and a half hours had passed, maybe just over 2
The nod to both the book shes being silver and technicolor red shes made my heart just almost explode. I worked at a library and dressed up as the Wicked Witch with silver slippers for a Halloween party and a little kid told me that they were supposed to be red. I asked him if he ever read the book to which he said nope. Read it, I told him. He did and dressed up like the tinman next Halloween 😂😂😂
that for good background music got me!! some theater goers doesn't know that song but if you're a wicked fan you'll gonna cry
It must have been subliminal, because I definitely cried during that scene but didn’t consciously think that it was For Good!!!
The side profile of Elphaba scene right after Glinda puts on her long cape. I'd like to believe it was a nod (pay respect?) to the OG cover of the book.
Saw that movie today, loved it
I had wondered if the fact Fiyero’s horse was blue as a nod to the blue marks he was described as having in the Wicked novel - so not only is it a horse of a different color it’s also a blue horse for Fiyero.
#5 isn’t an Easter eggs. It’s an internal reference symbolizing personal growth within the movie.
Did anyone catch the rainbow over the waterfall in the beginning right before seeing the land of Oz? In other words it was just “over the rainbow”
The notes used whenever the word ‘Unlimited’ is sung by itself (eg: “Defying Gravity”) are heard in that scene *and* those notes are the same used when singing the line “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
I knew that was For Good playing in the background!
That is my favorite song of the musical and to hear the instrumental version of it during the break of my second favorite song, Dancing Through Life, and my ninth favorite song, Popular, is the life! EEP! :)
When I eagerly watched that part when Glinda and Elphaba danced together the way that they did and heard the background music.
I was like in my head,
"Okay, that music sounds awfully familiar. What song could it be from the musical?"
Then I gasped in my head,
"Oh my gosh! It's For Good!"
Sadly, I may have to patiently wait for, For Good, to play out fully in another year.
But, hey, hearing my favorite song actually be foreshadowed in the background by its instrumental version that perfectly works too! EEP! :)
Brought me to literal tears. Oh my dear Elphaba ❤️
Fyero’s horse talking was also in the books
I can’t wait for the next movie to where they’ll sing “For Good”
Well, I guess this means I need to watch it again and try to catch all the references.
Here’s an Easter egg I noticed!
Elphabas real dad is the Wonderful wizard of Oz
How do I know this? If you watch carefully in the beginning you can see Elphabas mom has another man over. What color if his tux? Green! What’s the wizard of Oz’s fav color? Green! What color is Elphie? GREEN! Knowing the wizard is accutualy evil, trying to hurt the last speakable animals, it gives me the clue that he was evil before/during he had “power”. in the starting of the movie the other man had OZ printed on his glittery green tux. That concludes why I think Elphabas dad is the wizard.
Hope that was enough info! Please have this in a video! I ❤ ur vids!
I thought so too....and the "dad" knows Elphie isn't his biological daughter so that is why he's so mean...plus Emerald City/green skin...
I thought this too
I saw the film yesterday and cried and gave it a 10/10❤love this play so much❤saw it on broadway 5 yrs ago so I was excited for this movie😊
I noticed that after the movie being in 2 parts that they’re doing it like the broadway show where act 1 ends with defying gravity and then it’s a intermission until act 2😭plus I also noticed that the trailer only showed scenes and stuff from act 1 and not act 2 so I’m assuming that when act 2 is released then the trailer would show scenes from that part of the story🤷🏽♀️
This is the best thing that ever happened to me after the pandemic! Amazing movie! Still my fave musical!
One of the movies I wish I could watch for the first time again truly amazing ❤
At last! A Ms. Mojo video that pronounces L. Frank Baum's last name CORRECTLY!!!
This is exactly how a movie musical adaptation should be done. Not going to lie for the 40th anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera I say this director should make a new movie adaptation of Phantom or its sequel Love Never Dies. I think the visuals achieved would translate well to Andrew Lloyd Webber's work with the masked man.
Have you seen Lindsay Ellis's video essay on Love Never Dies?
@@L_o_c_a_l_G_u_yNo but I enjoyed it. Now I will say Til I hear you sing SHOULD be at the end for phantom mourning Christine instead of the beginning. Otherwise I enjoyed it very much.
@@L_o_c_a_l_G_u_yNo but I enjoyed it. Now I will say Til I hear you sing SHOULD be at the end for phantom mourning Christine instead of the beginning. Otherwise I enjoyed it very much.
I love how she knocks the red shoes together three times.
I loved this movie so much can’t wait for part2
Ok, Now I want to see the movie. All because of this video 😊
@@kandymich4861 ITS SO GOOD, SO SEE IT ASAP…the bigger the screen the better IMO
In in one shot in Defying Gravity I believe Elphabas cloak was shaped in the way you would have seen it in the stage version.
I was half expecting Galindas bubble to glitch, as I remember hearing about a live performance where Galinda was stuck in the air in the bubble for some of the performance.
The movie is so beautiful and definitely i notice the red shoes and dorthy with her friends
What is the clip at 9:14 from?
With Dorothy and toto walking in?
Not the original, I don't believe.
Stephen Schwartz cameo I think I was the only one hyped in my theatre
I googled it to make sure it was him right after the song. Great cameo!
I can’t wait for part 2 💚💖
The banner of Oscar Diggs , is a cameo of a prequel Oz character in Oz , the great and powerful film . And the prequel was in the period before Wicked , historically speaking .
1:21 I’m a definite fan of the show!
…Silhouettes?
I hope that Part 2 is gonna blow our minds as well as Part 1 did! 💚💖
Breaking the glass is a running theme
Princess Mombi from Return to Oz is referenced as ‘Professor Mombi’ just before we meet Madame Morrible for the first time.
I saw this movie today! I loved it! 10/10!!
Alphaba has red heels on when they go to oz. You see them as they walk to meet the wizard
I'm so excited to see it come Tuesday ❤
I loved the movie. Sometimes, a movie adaptation of stage play falls short (e.g. A Chorus Line, The Wiz), but not this one.
What was the RED BOOK Glenda held up in the POPULAR scene? I think it quickly shows the cover, and then she opened it to a page with a man's face drawn/illustration??? If anyone could help I would be so thankful, as this is really puzzling me!
The title font!!!
9:22 also if you didn’t notice Glenda also tapped the red shoes three times which is how the red shoes are used
The best part of the movie was... Spoilers Alead.......
The cameo of Dorothy, tin man, scarecrow & cowardly lion in opening moment of the movie 💯🔥
I’m not sure but I think at the end of the Wizard and I when Elphaba runs to the edge of the cliff, I believe we get a glimpse of the Deadly Desert.