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Post by Rodeo Jock on Aug 31, 2006 9:17:30 GMT -4
So, I just finished reading Wicked again so I could pick up with Son of a Witch. The first was a great book if you haven't read it. I'm not sure how much of it equates to the musical, but the same guy helped write the latter.
So, reading this, you get a very different perspective on life in Oz. And it begs the question, is anyone really born good or evil or are they acquired skills? So, the question is...
Who is the Evil One in the Land of OZ??
(PLEASE NOTE: This is a poll question. You have to enter the thread to cast your vote.)
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Post by MA on Aug 31, 2006 9:51:23 GMT -4
You forgot those gat-dang flying monkeys. They are most vile things i've ever seen.
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Post by leslieg135 on Aug 31, 2006 10:03:01 GMT -4
My vote is based on the musical. I started reading the book before I saw it and just couldn't get into it. I got about halfway through, saw the musical (which I just LOVED even though I saw a very mediocre cast) and never started again. But you really liked it Patrick?
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Post by nittanybella on Aug 31, 2006 10:06:10 GMT -4
Ahhh the age old question of good vs. evil, nature vs. nurture, etc. Right up my alley! (just look at my degree ) ) I dont know who was truly evil in the land of Oz....i think all of them. We all have as much evil in us as we do good, its just which one you suppress more often than the other.
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Post by felinegroovy on Aug 31, 2006 10:22:23 GMT -4
I agree. But circumstance and miscommunications can really affect the way you react to something therefore causing more problems or helping htem out - depending....
wow how funny - a semi-serious thread
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Post by nittanybella on Aug 31, 2006 10:30:03 GMT -4
agreed. As well as the fact that a person who seems to have more evil tendencies than good tendencies, will see the evil in a normally "good" person more often than another "good" person would. Evil seeks out evil, good seeks out good.
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Post by silkpyrate on Aug 31, 2006 10:30:38 GMT -4
i feel like the word "evil" has been overused lately. one mans evil is another mans good.
there are very few truly evil characters in literature. and i felt that wicked was merely highlighting the fact that our view of good and evil is slanted towards who tells the story. the victors write the history.
bah.
sorry - i obviously have school today.
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Post by Rodeo Jock on Aug 31, 2006 11:22:55 GMT -4
Ahhh the age old question of good vs. evil, nature vs. nurture, etc. Right up my alley! (just look at my degree ) ) What degree would that be Nit?
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Post by nittanybella on Aug 31, 2006 11:27:23 GMT -4
Human Development. Thank you very much. I have a BS *giggle*
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Post by nittanybella on Aug 31, 2006 11:27:45 GMT -4
I had entire courses ad text books devoted to this exact topic.
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Post by Rodeo Jock on Aug 31, 2006 11:29:30 GMT -4
Human Development. Thank you very much. I have a BS *giggle* I wasn't being nasty. I just didn't know. But since you opened that can of worms, bite me, you nittany girl thingy!!
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Post by nittanybella on Aug 31, 2006 11:33:29 GMT -4
hahahahahah I know you werent being nasty! Smooches.
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Post by Rodeo Jock on Aug 31, 2006 11:34:22 GMT -4
You forgot those gat-dang flying monkeys. They are most vile things i've ever seen. Yeah, I forgot the damned monkeys and Madame Morrible... But the monkeys in the book are really not like the ones in the movie. The movie ones were scary. And Leslie, yes, I loved the book. It was very well written and while it took him a while to get through that first section, he did a great job of telling her story and tying things that happened in the original books to points in the backstory that he created. (like the Lion being part of Dr. Nikidik's experiments and Nessa casting the spell on the Tin Man's axe, etc.) And using MY degree... Elphaba in the book was very much like Hamlet. He hesitated and hesitated and cried "Woe is me" so much that by the time he MADE the decision to do anything it was too late. Elphaba did the same thing. When she returned to Kiamo Ko after going to Nessa's funeral in Munchkinland, she returned to an empty castle; everyone was gone, kidnapped by the Wizard. Presumed dead. I would like to see the musical so I know how much of the story was covered. From the review and the music, it sounds like it's much more of a hokey love story that follows both Elphaba and Galinda/Glinda. Maybe on my next trip to NYC...
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Post by felinegroovy on Aug 31, 2006 11:44:41 GMT -4
The musical IS somewhat more of a love story and friendship story, however thats Broadway. The book is rally good - I enjoyed it too - although I have not finished it yet
my typing is spectacularly horrible today. This short post has taken me SO LONG to write due to multiple typing errors which have had to be corrected. No idea why. I wonder if its Nature or Nurture...
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Post by nittanybella on Aug 31, 2006 11:45:43 GMT -4
ha!
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