Spoilers for books: Especially considering they are trying to follow the book. They really explore her radicalism around the time she dates Fiyero. It goes into more depth of why they love each other and it would hint at their son in the second book.

I actually think it's a credit to the musical that the major relationship in the story is the one between Elphaba and Glinda.

@@gabrielleduplessis7388 wasn't Fiyero black in the book?

@@carrastealth i am not sure. I wonder if like elphaba, he can be interpreted to be black or any person of color. But the drawings in the original felt like he was white but with blue bejeweled skin. I wish I can remember details like that. I mostly remembered the plots and themes more.

Boq is the character I think desperately needing some added dimension. We don't get a lot of his perspective on events, which makes it unclear whether he's supposed to 100% be seen as a d**k or if Nessarose really WAS a tyrant to the Munckins like he says. How unreliable of a narrator is he? When Nessarose dies, we don't know if he learned about the news or how he feels about it. Is he happy, sad, spiteful, or regretful? Does he recognize Fiyero when he inevitably meets the Scarecrow later? Is THAT what makes him hate Elphaba more? I know it's weird being this passionate over Boq of all characters, but he didn't have to be so underwritten.

saw the leaks of ariana's costumes during filming. this is EXACTLY why i 100% believe it's an act 1 and act 2 split.

The last song of part one is Defying Gravity, November can’t come fast enough

Red is also considered the 3 colour which is named by civilisations because our eyes are trained to see red so we really look our for it as a colour because it stands out there is a vox video about colour theory and how they got their names

Silver slippers were actually historical allegory

Yep yep! Perfectly said

My friend is a big wizard of Oz and wicked fan and was so excited for the silver shoes

@@H.P.93 LMAO at "Silver wouldn't be exciting to anyone in the audience because they'd been seeing silver in literally every film ever, this is where the term 'silver screen' comes from." Where did you get that nugget from? In the original book by L. Frank Baum, Dorothy's magic slippers are silver; for the Technicolor movie, costumers created ruby red shoes to show up more vividly against the yellow-brick road. The term silver screen comes from the silver coating used on movie screens. A silver screen, also known as a silver lenticular screen, is a type of projection screen that was popular in the early years of the motion picture industry and passed into popular usage as a metonym for the cinema industry. The term silver screen comes from the actual silver (or similarly reflective aluminium) content embedded in the material that made up the screen's highly reflective surface. Try looking things up before making ridiculous statements you make up on the fly.

Thank you, I was going to point this out, too: trailers are often their own thing that can contain footage that's specifically meant for the trailer, not in any way from the final cut(s). So the speculation of "is this from movie 1 or movie 2?" the answer could easily be "neither."

I agree with this. I def don’t think that second movie is done being edited the first one probably isn’t done for that matter

I doubt there'll be no new songs in Part 1. There's at least going to be one playing during the credits if they want a chance at a 'best original song' Oscar and all the other award shows

I wonder if they will bring back "which way to the party"? The cast has always said that that was one of their favorites abd were sad to see it go.

Maybe winkies are oz’s equivalent of British haha, he is a prince

Thank God😅

Yay

I have been saying this for years. If the Harry Potter fans can have Hogwarts, we deserve to have Oz.

They did in Japan before it got replaced

I believe they're building a Wizard of Oz section in Movie World Australia. There'll be an emerald city location and 2 rides !

​@AtlantisUnderTheSea that they are, there's three areas of the expansion, Emerald City, BnW country, and Elphie's castle. There'll be two coasters and a spinner.

I'd pay for that

I'm wondering if Keala's role is the replacement for Dillamond.

​@@danjon8799 they did say it would be a woman but still a goat. So, maybe?

@@sophielem59 I thought so. I think the thing I've always got with Dillamomd is that it doesn't need to be a 'he' but so long as its a character that resembles the oppression of the animals that goes on that's what matters the most.

Ngl I have a feeling it may be idina 😅 that explains why they’re being so secretive about who is cast as dr dilamond because they want it to be a surprise cameo! Idina has also hinted at it not long ago 💚

Interesting thought. Plus I think that would be really good because Dillamond is not in for long. Only time will tell@@charlzfn4094

Wasn’t she already in black from the beginning? I’m referring to the productions of her.

@@khanyi8512 yes, yes she was.

@@khanyi8512 I believe she actually is in navy

@@khanyi8512navy blue

@@khanyi8512 No, she is wearing a shade of deep blue at the beginning of the show, matching the Shiz uniforms. The first time she wears black is when she goes to The Emerald City. There was a funeral scene in the San Francisco previews of the show that was chopped before Broadway in which she was wearing black for the first time.

I was thinking that too, or it pops up somewhere in "Thank Goodness/Couldn't be Happier." Alternatively, Glinda does actually marry someone else in the book, they could be pulling more book lore into this.

@@alexandermackay9636 So did I. That's what I thought too.

It's so funny to imagine 😂

This is just the best mental image: him sipping on a vodka lemonade going, “Yes, the Wicked trailer has dropped! Would you like to view it?” 😂

I want it too

That would explain the secrecy. Kristin might be able to baaa better though

I thought the same about the scene where she's standing in the middle of everyone wearing the black hat (with Nessa in the background), because it's obviously "Dancing Through Life," but she's wearing a black dress vs the sleeveless blue-gray dress that she wars in the show. I thought that was an odd choice too.

@@broadwaybrook2319 They are certainly making artistic modifications wich is a good thing since its and adaptation, I also noticed Galinda not holding the book of speels durring a shooting of no mone mourns the wickedd. But the black dress was part of the narrative, just as the hat and cape, Elpahaba gets this and transforms into the wich of the west. Having said that, the hat part is accurate, its when she arrives at the ballroom, sometime after dancing trough life. At this point, Boq and Nessa are already on a date.

I agree, could possibly be when they sing the finishing part of ‘one short day’ with lyrics ‘ two good friends, two best friends’

It did sound bad. Hopefully with it being an early trailer, it will get polished by the end product.

I wasn't a fan of the riff. The riff used in the show is so iconic and is what everyone thinks of when you say Wicked.

They did her a huge disservice by using that riff in the first trailer.

THE RIFF!!!! THE RIFF! I do not like it either, but I am obsessed with it as a choice. I appreciate a big, bold choice. It gives us a lot to talk about. It takes chutzpah. And they ended the trailer with it... pop culture moment of the year, already. I can't stop listening to it. 😂

I'm hoping it was a mixing error - hopefully it will go well with the full song but them cutting the end of it and sticking it at the end of the trailer 😬 not good it was too abrupt

I feel like that shot could easily be from a montage at the beginning, Glinda’s exposition during No One Mourns the Wicked, showing shots of the story juxtaposed with Glinda’s narration.

I agree

Re: the hat after the melting. I wonder if we're going to get an extended scene at the beginning with Galinda picking up the hat right after that and then hard cut into No One Mourns the Wicked. Because in the stage show we just start with the townspeople but the movie could pick it up a little earlier and add some visuals instead of just having Glinda talk about it

@@kl-1447 I did think this as well... A callback to the original opening on Broadway with the giant hat

Looks great

Honestly it gave me Tomorrowland trailer vibes (interesting concept but boring) but Mickey Jo's enthusiasm is contagious

I also got a Disney live action vibe and couldn't pin down why. That must be it!

❤ this comment. Exactly how I feel, although I also think there's a huge chance that everything will sound radically different in the final movie.

The riff sounds really bad 😢

each Elphaba also sings this part differently so you're point is not valid at all

@@cnp3205 not that differently. No one sings it like Erivo. It’s strained, dreadful & not the correct note.

@@virginializcano3935 ever heard some of Verkaiks options on that riff? Yes, sometimes people choose to completely change it - so no, it is not the "correct note". It also isn't "strained". Cynthia added vocal distortion which makes it a little more aggressive (more rock than traditional pop musical). It might be a bold choice but to me it absolutely makes sense since Elphaba is furious and letting loose. Since we don't know how the movie will handle Defying gravity and Elphaba over all - it might make more sense than anything else...for that we will have to wait and see.

They might not even go that route. That was not in the book. They added it for the musical, and then Maguire I think threw an insinuation about it into one of the sequels, but it was not in the original Wicked book. I assume they WILL do it- but we can't take it as a given.

Maybe not having a brain means he's lost his memories 👀

Spoilers dude.

If they are going the musical route, in the broadway musical we see her “death” scene. Her dying from water in the musical was just a plan and Fyero was in on it.

Fiyero isn't the scarecrow. That was a delusion of Elphaba's quickly disintegrating mental health.

Maybe Idina Menzel will play Dr. Dillamond. Which, if true, would traumatize any young Frozen fans any parents foolishly bring to the theater.

Seriously!

" I am so bad at giving directions" - Glinda lol

Problably because there is only a train line in the Gillikin, where Shiz is located and Dorothy falls on Munchkinland. In the books the Gillikin is described as more modern and industrialized than the rest of Oz, so it makes sense.

Yeah, nothing about this world feels real or lived-in. Which is the complete opposite of the entire point of Maguire's book.

Exactly. Finally A rational sane person. But we’re talking about Jon Chu here. The guy who gave one of the most iconic & belty songs on Broadway (Breathe) to Leslie Grace. He doesn’t care about getting things right. This casting could not be any worse.

​@virginializcano3935 The casting is perfect, Cynthia Erivo is a phenomenal singer. I'm surprised that she took that approach to the last note 🤔 It probably sounds better in the context of the full song though

@@rine4194 i agree she’s a great singer. But that doesn’t mean she can sing everything & anything. Her voice just doesn’t suit this role. Elphabas get up into the nasally, whiny, bright cheek area to create that classic witchy sound we all love & appreciate. I honestly don’t think Cynthia can do it. Her voice is decidedly more throaty & gravelly even on her highest notes. It’s amazing & gorgeous for the right songs. There are certain voice types that fit certain roles. It’s nothing to do w good or bad. It’s more about right & wrong.

THIS THIS THIS EXACTLY THIS

maybe dont judge a movie you HAVENT WATCHED for a single second of TRAILER MUSIC

It was weird watching The Lion King in London (I'm American) because all of the lions now had British accents. And I guess it made sense if they all had the same accent as Scar since they're, like, related, and also the actual king has a British accent. But Timon, Pumbaa, and the hyenas were all doing American accents like the movie!

I actually really liked it. I had to listen to it a few times to process it. I like how guttural it is. Defying Gravity is a song about the embrace of empowering rage. I like that it isn't too clean or smooth. It feels more like a primal yell, a scream of defiance, while still being very controlled by the performer. And that actually gets me really excited about Erivo's performance. Her sarcasm in the beginning of the trailer about her skin color is so soft spoken, and that riff is so intense, that I really feel the kind of journey we're about to go on, and it gets me excited. It's exactly the opposite of how I felt during The Little Mermaid trailer, with the completely unnecessary riff at the end of Part of Your World, a performative flourish for a moment that should be a quiet wish. That feels like a story misstep. This however feels like completely in line with the story. But I'm one of those people who in general doesn't mind "ugly" singing as a musical acting choice. I think that note accuracy and vocal smoothness have become too big of a priority in musical theater circles rather than acting through singing. I think it's the impact autotune has had in general on our culture's attitude towards music. But I do recognize that 1) It's a preference thing, and 2) we've only heard one riff.

@@lydia1634I agree with you totally. The first watch, it was a surprise and a bit jarring but after that first watch it just made sense.

I like the growl in her voice. It gives it a certain ferocity but I'm not a fan of the riff either.

It’s her war cry!

Ppl only saying this bc of nostalgia, this riff is great

That'd be a nice easter egg for Wicked fans!

Good point!

This would be amazing! And also would fill out time, considering they have said there will be 2 new songs in Part 2 (no new songs in part 1). It would also pull the Boomers, Gen X and older Millennials like me, who grew up watching the Wizard of Oz.

This would be interesting and would kind of draw on the books prologue where Elphaba eavesdrops on Dorothy, Cowardly Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow.

This is more like 'first look' The actual trailer should be coming like mid 2024. Cause it's way too earlier to release a trailer

Doctor dillamond? They just haven't told us who is playing him

It's just more like a teaser Why would you think they would release the actual trailer way months before The actual trailer should be coming like mid 2024

Riiiight? Conceal that it’s a musical. Conceal that it’s in two parts, released a year apart…only way to get butts in seats, it seems.

I believe the director said as much. Plus if they want to pad up the runtime so that they can justify putting it into two parts, adding bits from the book would be the easiest, least controversial option.

@@benjamintillema3572 I was hoping that would be the case

I want to see Bowen Yang have sex with a tiger

Maybe the Tin Man and Scarecrow will be different characters closer to the book than the musical?

Isn't future sight already part of her powers? I don't think she has control over it, but she did get a vision in the swamp with Fiyero that Nessarose was in trouble.

@@zacharykhan8556 that could be true, but I always saw that scene as Elphaba getting a feeling that Nessa was in trouble at that very moment.