stephen schwartz (‘wicked’ composer-lyricist) says he initially thought to “hip-hop ‘popular’ up a little bit” for the movie, but ariana shut it down:
“absolutely not. don’t do it. i want to be glinda, not ariana grande playing glinda.”
loathing and dancing thru life choreo were so good but we're sleeping on the 'popular' hallway choreo. the footworks are insane, she almost looks like she's sped up. also i just learned that the high kick was improvised
ari has always been a great dancer but wicked showed us how great of a performer she can be. a singer, an actress and a dancer... literally a TRIPLE THREAT
after watching WICKED, my takeaway is that the movie was pushed back multiple times for a reason. but i feel like the universe waited for the right actors and right director to craft this film and it's worth all those years of waiting. this is as close as we can get to perfection
im almost sure(?) michelle said that her favorite scene when they're filming the movies was the confrontation scene (i can't find the video). and bowen and bronwyn said that INTG reprise is a big moment. i fear the wedding scene will be the ozdust equivalent of part 2.
