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I’ll say it again, everything I’ve seen looks absolutely perfect. I’m excited to go opening weekend!
I assume because other films thought they had to hid it as well like Mean Girls remake earlier this yearAnother behind the scenes/extra footage completely ignoring the musical aspect. If they're going to invest so much, why try to hide it?
We forgot.....not everyone is connected to mediaI feel like people know that Wicked is a musical. It’s been around for 20 years.
Edit: I wonder if people know it’s going to be two movies?
To be fair I didn’t even know there was a movie coming until Universal announced the Wicked Experience. I saw the play in Chicago years ago and didn’t really care for it but put something in a theme park and I’ll do the homeworkWe forgot.....not everyone is connected to media
Some people just see movies with cool trailers
I doubt people outside the fandom/box office redditors know its only part one and many might now know its a musical because of the marketing
I get it for Mean Girls, a smaller film that didn't seem like it would be well-received -- plan was likely to make as much cash as possible opening weekend. But a film with a budget this big this needs to have legs -- and they plan on opening a sequel! Alienating a portion of your audience with a "gotcha" seems a dumb move.It's a very misleading marketing choice. And it'll be very jarring for unfamiliar movie goers just expecting a new take on Wizard of Oz
As for Mean Girls, they made enough poor choices that not advertising it as a musical was the least offensive lol. They should've just pro-shot the actual stage production
Had to explain to my millennial wife -- not a big genre fan but not Amish either -- that it's called "Wicked" because she's the young Wicked Witch. She had no idea the book or musical existed. Sure, every theater kid in America knows it, but compare the number of Hamilton soundtracks sold v. any Taylor Swift album. Broadway is a very niche thing, the book was a best-seller three decades ago, I think a lot of people are showing up to this expecting it to be a brand new grrrl power Harry Potter.I feel like people know that Wicked is a musical. It’s been around for 20 years.
It was announced roughly 10 years ago & has been stuck in development hell until now.To be fair I didn’t even know there was a movie coming until Universal announced the Wicked Experience.
You give too much credit to humans & googling anything. And no matter how they spin it, this is still half the story.I'm pretty sure if anyone googles anything about Wicked you'll know it's a musical. The director recently talked about the part one and two thing. They're not marketing as such because they don't want people to think it's half the story, he wants each film to feel complete.
You give too much credit to most audiences. The GP isn't as "in the know" as you expect.Wicked is a billion dollar IP, I suspect most audiences will know it’s a musical that’s been around, toured the country, and played everywhere internationally.
Easy....More Songs. Showing them doing Magic Training. More of The Emerald City. Flash backs and showing more of the schoolThey can't be serious lmao. How do you *nearly double* the length of the 90 minute first act??
What about two?A nearly three hour musical is my personal hell.
A LOT is cut from the book in the musical. The amount of Dillamond we’re seeing makes me think they’re really expanding the Animal/animal storyline (especially with showing Brrr’s release). They’ve also (re)added the other students, which makes me think their ties into broader Ozian politics may pop back up. There will also likely have 15 minutes of credits.They can't be serious lmao. How do you *nearly double* the length of the 90 minute first act??