http://www.alteredfluid.com/2009/05/10/wicked-draws-on-animal-rights-sympathies/ Home of the Altered Fluid writers group Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.alteredfluid.com/2009/05/10/wicked-draws-on-animal-rights-sympathies/comment-page-1/#comment-545 James Trimarco Tue, 12 May 2009 03:47:54 +0000 http://www.alteredfluid.com/?p=1299#comment-545 I haven't read the book so I must admit I simply have no clue on this score. However, what you're saying rings true even so. What was interesting about the book's politics? I haven’t read the book so I must admit I simply have no clue on this score. However, what you’re saying rings true even so. What was interesting about the book’s politics?

]]> http://www.alteredfluid.com/2009/05/10/wicked-draws-on-animal-rights-sympathies/comment-page-1/#comment-525 K. Tempest Bradford Mon, 11 May 2009 12:58:05 +0000 http://www.alteredfluid.com/?p=1299#comment-525 The problem with Wicked the musical is that it doesn't have the conviction of the book. The animal rights stuff certainly makes it more poignant (as well as the green geeky girl at the center of it), but I think the musical does not get political enough, especially as compared to the original book. Instead it focuses too much on the love triangle which was completely invented for the musical and annoys me to no end! The problem with Wicked the musical is that it doesn’t have the conviction of the book. The animal rights stuff certainly makes it more poignant (as well as the green geeky girl at the center of it), but I think the musical does not get political enough, especially as compared to the original book. Instead it focuses too much on the love triangle which was completely invented for the musical and annoys me to no end!

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