About this episode
The Becks explore the evolution of Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked and its adaptations into musical and film.
No good pod goes unpunished The Becks wrap up their journey to Oz with an examination of Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, and its film adaptations Wicked and Wicked: For Good. How did the story of the novel change from book to musical to film? Did the movie need to be a combined 5 hours long? Is this the episode that makes Billy quit? Listen to find out! linktr.ee/soonmajorpod ko-fi.com/soonmajorpod Next Episode Homework: The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
People in this episode
Hosts: The Becks, Billy
Topics covered
- book adaptation
- musical
- film analysis
- Oz
- Gregory Maguire
- Wicked
Keywords
- Wicked
- Gregory Maguire
- film adaptations
- musical
- Oz
- Wicked Witch
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Wicked, Wicked: For Good, The Last Temptation Of Christ
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