WICKED REVIEW
Not gonna spoil anything, but for the people who have queer readings of Wicked (and really, what other reading is there?) and, like me, were worried on how the film would approach that , I just wanna assure you:
1. Ariana 100000% played Galinda like a lesbian with comphet. Even I — someone who never doubted her capability for this role, but was worried about how the lesbian interpretation I have of her character would translate — was surprised at how very clearly queer-coded her she was. So much to the point where I’d argue popular is the gayest song on here. It had to be a conscious acting choice.
2. Which means… for those who were worried that they’d try to erase/squander any queer readings of Wicked, they absolutely did not. Gelphie is as alive and canon as ever. Like they definitely played into the “love story between two girls…” aspect of this, nothing here was sacrificed, if anything they added some more stuff to validate our points.
GELPHIE NATION WOOOONNNN.
