Katharine’s Comments on Wicked

July 26th, 2013

 

I was intrigued  with the ways Maguire creates the back story for the Wizard of Oz. I’ve always thought of the Wizard of Oz to be a fairly benign children’s story brimming with lessons and morals. From Dorothy’s realization “There’s no place like home,” to the Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man’s reframing of their perceived shortcomings, all set in a magical land where munchkins sing and the Wizard is disclosed by a dog to be acting out his own fantasy of power. I hadn’t given much thought to the witches in the story! Now I have. I would say Maguire has chosen to focus on the negative in this story!