What in the world…
…of culture
I came across an article on the Den Of Geek website about the political and cultural content of the new movie Wicked, which is the film adaptation of the 2003 Broadway musical of the same name.
Here is an excerpt from the piece on denofgeek.com: “When Universal Pictures dated its lavish adaptation of Broadway’s most popular musical for this Thanksgiving, we imagine executives were not thinking too hard about its proximity to the 2024 U.S. presidential election. However, for any viewer even vaguely aware of the news cycle these days, the parallels between Wicked’s Oz and the tone and tenor of emerging American policy for the New Year are eerily linked...
Wicked is not about Donald Trump. But it paints a picture of rising fascism and bigotries that remarkably resemble the vision of America Trump is selling.“
Really? These people are still trotting out the ‘Orange Man Bad’ and ‘fascist’ garbage using a kids movie as prop? Even after the resounding rejection by voters of that kind of rhetoric three weeks ago when Trump and the Republicans followed the Yellow (Red) Brick Road all the way to an electoral landslide, popular vote victory, and takeover of the Senate.
The movie is getting mixed reviews – some say its great, some say it’s just a bunch of woke nonsense. I haven’t seen it and almost certainly never will.
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