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Feature movie review: WICKED: FOR GOOD
Padding the second act out to feature length hasn't changed it for the better
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-Butera in "Wicked: For Good" Near the end of Wicked: For Good , we at last get the song that gives this second part of the Broadway musical adaptation its sub-title. It’s a duet that serves as the emotional climax in the relationship between its two principal protagonists, the now-exiled-from-Oz “wicked witch” Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and the tool-of-the-Wizard “good witch” Glinda (Ariana Grande-Butera).
The lyrics highlight the impact a profound relationship can have on you—“Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better / But because I knew you / I have been…
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