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I think this movie has an opportunity to show the world that change — real, true change — is OK, and getting through it with grace and forgiveness can make all the difference. Ashley Lee is a staff reporter at the Los Angeles Times, where she writes about theater, movies, television and the bustling intersection of the stage and the screen.

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Expand the sub menu TV. Expand the sub menu What To Watch. Expand the sub menu Music. Surprisingly, the headmistress, Madame Morrible, is impressed with Elphaba's abilities and decides to tutor her in magic privately — much to the chagrin of Glinda, a perky blonde from a wealthy family who desperately wants to study magic, too. Over time, Elphaba's activist side comes out, especially as she learns more about how the Animals in Oz are oppressed and somehow forgetting how to speak.

She clashes with Glinda, as well as with Fiyero, a carefree Winkie prince who joins Shiz as a transfer student after having been kicked out of several other schools, but eventually comes to discover there's more to both of them. More than anything, Elphaba hopes to master magic and meet the great Wizard, who she secretly hopes will make her his adviser and "de-greenify" her.

Just as her dreams all seem to be about to come true, however, she makes a devastating discovery that pushes her from hopeful young apprentice to fiery rebel and victim of horrible propaganda.

Gregory Maguire's novel provides the basis for the musical, and although the musical's writers kept some of Elphaba's plot and characterization, they also made some major changes. At the beginning, the book version of Elphaba is similar to how she's adapted for the stage. She's the elder daughter of the Thropps, a powerful family in Munchkinland; her father loathes her; she's responsible for caring for her sister, Nessarose, who was born without arms.

The Thropp sisters head to Shiz University, where Elphaba makes enemies — then friends — with her popular classmate Glinda, before becoming increasingly embedded in the movement for Animal rights. However, the novel is much darker than the musical version ends up being, and Elphaba's character arc reflects that.

This Elphaba is much more morally murky, getting involved in violent resistance to the Ozian government, bringing love and tragedy to her doorstep. After a series of traumas over several years, Elphaba's determination to right past wrongs gives way to despair and obsession.

Because the novel's world is much more complex with deep dives into Oz's political, cultural, and religious factions than can be shown in the two-plus hours of a musical, Elphaba's actions are also more complicated. Elphaba in the Book Version of Wicked Gregory Maguire's novel provides the basis for the musical, and although the musical's writers kept some of Elphaba's plot and characterization, they also made some major changes. You May Also Like.