Oscars Run: The 1A Movie Club Sees 'Wicked: Part 1'

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

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"Wicked: Part 1" follows the origin story of Elphaba, known in the original "Wizard of Oz" movie as the Wicked Witch of the West. And it follows her friend, Galinda, who eventually becomes the Good Witch.

The movie is based on the Broadway musical which debuted in 2003. Last year, it became the fourth-longest running musical in Broadway history. And that musical comes from a 1995 novel of the same name. The new Wicked movie stars singer-actresses Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as the witches Elphaba and Galinda.

The result this past weekend has been gravity-defying. "Wicked" brought in $114 million in North America and another $50 million internationally. That's the best-ever opening for a film adaptation of a Broadway musical.

For this meeting of the 1A Movie Club, we discuss the new "Wicked" film.

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0:00.0	Bella DiPaulo is glad if you're happily married, but she is perfectly happy being single.
0:06.0	I would love to have someone who took care of my card or someone who cleaned up the dishes after
0:12.9	dinner. But then I'd want them to leave. From yourself to your dog, to your spouse, are significant
0:19.8	others that's on the TED Radio Hour from NPR.
0:24.1	Hey, it's Jen, and you're listening to the One-A podcast.
0:26.8	With the Academy Awards set for Sunday evening, we're revisiting one of our movie club
0:31.0	conversations about one of this year's nominees.
0:34.2	Wicked has been nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Leading Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.
0:41.6	The One-A movie club set down to discuss how one of the year's biggest movies held up to other renditions of the story.
0:47.7	Thanks for listening and enjoy the show.
1:00.6	It's a classic story of the struggle between good and evil,
1:04.3	where good eventually vanquishes evil with a bucket of water.
1:08.3	All the people in the land celebrate the wicked person who's gone and with it,
1:09.6	all of their problems.
1:12.3	But what if that story is all wrong?
1:19.0	In today's Oz, a real sorcerer who possesses true magic has become all too rare.
1:22.0	Absolutely remarkable.
1:29.4	That was you who made all that happen. How did you do it? I don't know. I've never known.
1:37.1	Wicked Part One follows the origin story of Alphabet, known in the original Wizard of Oz movie as the Wicked Witch of the West, and it follows her friend, Galinda, who eventually becomes the good witch.
1:42.4	The movie is based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, which debuted in 2003.
1:47.6	Last year, it became the fourth longest-running musical in Broadway history,
1:51.4	and that musical comes from a 1995 novel of the same name.
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