movie evil Although it may be suitable for children, this book is clearly not, warn experts who have read the novel. universal evil ' has been a huge hit this holiday season, with families flocking to theaters to see the next theatrical release. wonderful wizard Oz story. The film depicts the backstory of college roommates Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba the Wicked Witch.
The film is a stage musical adaptation of the 1995 novel. evil By author Gregory Maguire.
After watching a movie, parents often buy their children the accompanying novel to help them understand the story more deeply. But when it comes to that, evilexperts strongly advise: Please stop.
” evil Gregory Maguire's books have important differences from the stage versions for adults. ” USA Today Columnist Claire Mulroy wrote: “One of the opening scenes is a doll having sex. When we first meet Elphaba in the book, she is a feral infant who is muzzled after biting off a human appendage. This book includes drinking, drugs, sexual assault, prostitution, crime, and wild sex' parties between humans and animals. ”
Mulroy admitted in an interview with MassLive that the novel was not written for children. In fact, some school districts in Florida prohibited that.
“I wrote the intention in the first few pages of my novel 'Wicked' to show that people have to forget what they're getting themselves into, the idea of a chorus line where everyone sings and everyone dances. “I put in some vulgar content. It's a flying monkey,” he said.
Mulroy told the website: they He said he wanted to explore the complexities of evil with this novel.
“We wanted to have a depth of culture, a depth of history, a depth of complexity, and an experience that was more similar to the world we live in,” he said. “And that meant I needed a variety of sexual experiences.”
In the novel, Glinda and Elphaba kiss. Mulroy acknowledged that the novel has LGBT elements.
“It was deliberate, a kind of understatement where you can imagine that one of the two young women was feeling more than the other and didn't want to say it. It was restrained and sophisticated,” Maguire said.
Photo credit: ©Universal Pictures/Wicked
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