Ariana & Cynthia perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," "Home" and "Defying Gravity"

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,494]

It's a killer medley of songs. Taking from the best of each adaption! Love that. Cynthia slayed it. So cute to see Ariana off to the side smiling at her friend devouring. Hope Ari is doin okay 💜

Now I need to see Cynthia lead a full production of The Wiz. Idc if Dorothy is in her 30/40's if it's her.

[Cavadour 2,701]

Beautiful voices, yes.

But indigestible vocal ornementation and melisma overdose.

[Economy 52,661]

3 hours ago, lilboyblue said:

Why is the staging so nothiing

Omg u just triggered a memory in me.

 

Brb gonna whatch the movie "Never Ending Story"

[David Ward 9,613]

3 hours ago, Jill said:

This is excellent but I wonder why they didn't sing No One Mourns the Wicked??? My husband left me and now this, I cannot go on like this.

Joe always wanders off, you know he'll be back

[NUTELLA 25,886]

4 hours ago, Teletubby said:

This projection effect with the screen in front of her was very creative & looked stunning.

(Moreso in photos than the footage, but still)

[bpmMonkey 7,609]

3 hours ago, lilboyblue said:

Why is the staging so nothiing

Cause it’s the Oscar’s and not the Grammys ? 

[lilboyblue 6,030]

16 minutes ago, bpmMonkey said:

Cause it’s the Oscar’s and not the Grammys ? 

[bpmMonkey 7,609]

20 minutes ago, lilboyblue said:

Thought you were complaining about the stage design.. maybe i shouldn’t post on ggd at 5:30 in the morning after  waking up 🤓

[Alfonso 1,558]

They were great! But as others mentioned, I was really disappointed by the lack of wicked songs and production. We deserved a long medley with and not these old songs. The Oscars this year felt even more boring and flat than they usually do.

[lilboyblue 6,030]

1 hour ago, bpmMonkey said:

Thought you were complaining about the stage design.. maybe i shouldn’t post on ggd at 5:30 in the morning after  waking up 🤓

Ah I was talking about how they staged the performance specifically ✌️😄 Just felt a bit underdone for my taste

[Railing 2,799]

3 hours ago, PartySick said:

I was annoyed about it too but then I considered that Gaga's big acting break was in the fourth remake of A Star is Born so...

Yeah but Wicked (as in, the book) isn't a remake of The Wizard of Oz. It's a prequel/midquel to the first L Frank Baum novel with some 1939 retcons sprinkled in (mainly just the green skin and Glinda/Locasta merge) 

So it feels egregious that this film has leaned so far into 1939 nostalgia, when rights-wise they have 0 correlation. You have the title card, the costume design (especially Glinda), and even parts of the script - Ariana has said that she and Cynthia had to stop the writers from replacing a fan favorite line ("The wizard will see you now") with the "Who rang that bell" gag from 1939. And then you have interviews talking extensively about 1939 references, this Oscars performance where they devoted airtime & costuming to 1939, etc.

Combine that with other issues they had in production, like briefly trying to rework Popular as a hip-hop song, and it just feels like the crew don't fully believe in Wicked as a story that can stand on its own.

[dynamite 66,468]

2 hours ago, Economy said:

Omg u just triggered a memory in me.

 

Brb gonna whatch the movie "Never Ending Story"

Omg love that magical film so much and the second one