![]() In humanizing this antagonist, Maguire questions the stark binary between good and evil. ![]() In Wicked, Maguire adapts these symbols and stories to give voice to the original’s stock villain, the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West. ![]() Decades later, expressions like “we’re not in Kansas anymore” or “somewhere over the rainbow” live on, as do prominent symbols like the Yellow Brick Road and Dorothy’s ruby slippers. Allusions to the original story recur throughout film, television, and novels. Frank Baum and became central to American popular culture through the 1939 film adaptation starring Judy Garland. ![]() Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995) by Gregory Maguire reimagines the central antagonist of the iconic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which was published in 1900 by author L. ![]()
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