Michelle Yeoh plays an everything-everywhere-all-out witch, and Jurassic actor Jeff Goldblum is the un-magical wizard.
We couldnt move for pink dresses and green skin and begged to be released fromWickeds Technicolor talons.
Then another thing happened: a reset point.
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Aninterview with a pioneering voice in queer mediaseized us in an enchanting choke hold.
I dont need to tell you that we live in very cynical times.
But rather than grate, all those theatrical feelings started to seep in.
We even felt a vicarious joy.
The vibes on theWickedpress tour shifted from feeling claustrophobic to aspirational.
Women wholeheartedly celebrating a work theyd given so much of themselves to seemed…suddenly magical?
They both just seemed completely free, completely in the moment, completely accomplished.
for using their full emotional vocabulary.
Whats wrong with public displays of collegial affection?
Whats wrong with saying something with your whole chest?
I assume being a woman in the public eye can weigh heavily on the shoulders.
Actressesand all women, to a degreeare constantly being yanked off their pedestals and back down to earth.
Maybe, just this once, we can enjoy watching them soar?
Maybe we can lean into the brilliant daftness of two theater kids fulfilling their dreams?
I dont know about you, but somewhere over the rainbow, this tin man finally found his heart.
