As a child growing up in lower-middle-class circumstances, I did not have the advantages of lengthy vacations or even a lot of spare time on weekends. I loved reading “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” and seeing the film. What made you choose that particular story? A. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was published. The green-skinned Elphaba (Jemma Rix) and blonde Galinda (Suzie Mathers) in a scene from “Wicked,” which is currently playing in Seoul.
The JoongAng Ilbo interviewed Maguire via e-mail. The novel also uncovers the snobbish and mean side of the beautiful, blonde Galinda, who later changes her name to Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. Yet she has the courage to stand against authority (the Wizard of Oz) and join hands with other minorities (the animals). The green-skinned, good natured girl named Elphaba, who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, has been taunted and considered evil because she looks different than everyone else.
Maguire’s version tells the story of the two witches before Dorothy arrives. Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, is a kind and gentle character. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West harasses Dorothy Gale, who was swept away to Oz from her home in Kansas by a tornado. Maguire also wrote books based on the fairy tales “Cinderella” and “Snow White.” Two more books in the series are scheduled to be published in the near future and all of Maguire’s books are available in Korean. “Wicked” the musical is based on Maguire’s 1995 novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” the first installment of the four-volume “The Wicked Years” series. The man who started it all is Gregory Maguire, an American writer with a knack for reinterpreting and embellishing classic children’s stories to appeal to older audiences. Since its premiere on Broadway in 2003, “Wicked” has been one of the most popular musicals ever, seen by about 30 million people worldwide.Īt Blue Square, Hannam-dong, central Seoul, where the musical has been playing for about a month, 90 percent of the seats have been occupied. That gray area is at the heart of the musical “Wicked.” But in life, the difference between good and evil is seldom black and white. “The books are really more stories about power - individual power in making moral choices and governmental power in bullying populations,” he says.Provided by Minumsa We all grow up reading fairy tales in which good almost always eventually triumphs over evil and it is clear which is which. Gregory Maguire’s1995 novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West“ is the inspiration for one of the world’s most popular musicals and part of a four-volume series.
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