28/11/2025
Some films today take real struggles and hide them inside fantasy. They turn the weight of history into a metaphor, as if oppression is just a magical misunderstanding in a storybook kingdom.
In Wicked, Elphaba’s “difference” is framed like a symbol for real oppression — yet she still makes wicked choices. And that’s the issue for me. You can’t use a character with morally wrong actions to represent a people whose suffering came from injustice, not wrongdoing.
Young people notice this. They see when a film mixes real pain with fairytale storytelling, and when entertainment blurs the line between innocence and wickedness. It can make real history feel smaller than it truly is.
I don’t know if my perspective is “right,” but this is how the film made me feel. Maybe I’m overthinking it. Maybe I’m not. Maybe that’s the point… or maybe it isn’t. I honestly don’t know. I’m just speaking from how it felt to me.