Like its predecessor, Depraved: For Good makes numerous modifications to the Broadway musical it is based mostly on. That is not an enormous shock, contemplating Act Two is only one hour lengthy, and For Good is over twice the size.
In the event you’re questioning simply what these modifications are, although, then look no additional. Beneath, we have rounded up the 9 largest variations between Depraved: For Good and the Broadway present, so you possibly can stand up to hurry at a look. Naturally, meaning there shall be spoilers forward, so flip again now if you have not seen the movie but!
The largest variations between Depraved: For Good and the Broadway present
The opening
Depraved: For Good begins with a medley of types of Half One’s songs as we’re reintroduced to Oz, together with a quick reprise of ‘What is that this Feeling’ and Elphaba’s “limitless” line from ‘Defying Gravity’ and ‘The Wizard and I.’ Within the stage present, Act Two jumps straight into the ‘Thank Goodness’ scene, which right here comes later.
Glinda’s childhood
We get a window into Glinda’s childhood when a flashback exhibits that the teen could not channel any magic of her personal, regardless of being gifted a wand at her party. We see her expertise for bending the reality and placing on a present when she pretends to have summoned a rainbow exterior together with her makes an attempt at a spell, too. We do not get any perception into Glinda’s childhood within the present, nevertheless.
‘No Place Like House’
The primary of two new songs, ‘No Place Like House’ sees Elphaba clarify to the animals escaping Oz through a tunnel beneath the yellow brick street why she desires to avoid wasting the land, regardless of it by no means loving her. It is a highly effective ballad interrupted by the Cowardly Lion, who has a bone to choose with Elphaba. None of this occurs within the stage present and the tune is a model new addition. In fact, the title is a name again to Dorothy’s well-known catchphrase: when she clicks her heels thrice and says the magic phrases, she is transported dwelling to Kansas.
Nessarose
Within the musical, Elphaba goes to go to her sister Nessarose and makes use of the Grimmerie to enchant the silver slippers, which permits Nessarose to stroll. Within the film, that is modified to Elphaba making Nessarose fly – and as she does, her silver sneakers warmth up and switch pink, in a nod to the 1939 film.
This specific change was made to keep away from dangerous incapacity illustration. “I clearly do not converse for all individuals with disabilities, and I do know that some issues like continual ache exist. My companion offers with that and she or he has stated earlier than, ‘I want I didn’t have this.’ However basically, I feel numerous non-disabled individuals have already got the preconceived thought that every one disabled individuals wish to be fastened,” Nessarose actor Marissa Bode stated on the ReelAbilities Movie Pageant (through The Hollywood Reporter). “Portraying one thing like that in one thing as large as Depraved can have unfavourable results. The quantity of occasions nonetheless that I’m pitied as a result of individuals suppose I’m lesser than for sitting in a wheelchair or that I’m not residing a cheerful life as a result of I’m in a wheelchair – that I ought to be fastened or that I have to be prayed over – has been extraordinarily uncomfortable.”
‘Fantastic’
In For Good, Glinda, the Wizard, and Elphaba all dance via ‘Fantastic’ collectively, and Elphaba is tempted again to the Emerald Metropolis by a mix of her solely buddy and the Wizard. Within the Broadway musical, this scene performs out simply with Elphaba and the Wizard, till Physician Dillamond arrives and Elphaba realizes he can now not converse. Within the movie, Elphaba finds many animals locked in cages, hidden out of sight. A type of is Physician Dillamond, who has misplaced the power to speak.
Glinda’s wedding ceremony
Whereas Glinda and Fiyero are engaged within the stage present, they do not get far sufficient to try an precise wedding ceremony. In For Good, nevertheless, they get all the way in which down the aisle and are about to seal the deal when the animals escape from the Wizard’s imprisonment with assist from Elphaba. They rampage via the marriage and Fiyero is pulled away to cope with the disturbance, which places the marriage on pause. Then, Fiyero decides to run away with Elphaba… which suggests the marriage is known as off completely. Poor Glinda.
‘Lady within the Bubble’
The second new tune of the film, ‘Lady within the Bubble’ sees Glinda wrestle together with her charmed however false life as a member of the Wizard’s regime. Like ‘No Place Like House,’ this tune is a model new quantity written only for the film and does not seem within the present.
The Grimmerie
On the very finish of For Good, the Grimmerie opens for Glinda, that means she does have her personal magic in any case. Within the present, this does not occur, and Glinda by no means discovers any form of magical energy. However, in Gregory Maguire’s books, Glinda does have her personal magic, so this variation brings the character extra in keeping with her novel counterpart (and naturally, in L. Frank Baum’s authentic novel and within the 1939 film, she is a magical witch in her personal proper).
The whisper
The enduring poster for the Broadway present options Glinda whispering in Elphaba’s ear, with one hand as much as protect the great witch’s mouth. Whereas a poster for Half One recreated the pose, it by no means occurred within the movie itself. Nevertheless, the tip of Half Two incorporates a flashback to Glinda, Elphaba, Nessarose, Fiyero, and Boq in a poppy subject, a reference to the poppies that put the Shiz class to sleep in Half One, in addition to the poppy subject in The Wizard of Oz that lures Dorothy and her mates to sleep. The final scene of For Good is Glinda leaning over to whisper one thing in Elphaba’s ear, recreating the well-known poster. This scene, which we see items of all through Half Two and even a glimpse of in Half One, shouldn’t be within the Broadway present.
Depraved: For Good is in theaters now. For extra, take a look at our information to the Depraved Half One ending defined or our information to all probably the most thrilling film launch dates.
