I’m A Wicked Act 2 Apologist, And Even I Couldn’t Enjoy The New Additions To For Good

A number of musicals have won Best Picture over the years, and another contender for this year's Awards Season will be Jon M. The first movie, which is streaming with an Amazon Prime subscription, adapted the first act of the stage musical, and the sequel will show its conclusion. I'm an apologist for Act 2 of the Tony-winning hit, but I can't defend the new additions to the music.

What we know about Wicked: For Good was limited ahead of its release, but the movie's soundtrack list revealed that two new songs were added. Namely "The Girl in The Bubble" and "No Place Like Home", sung by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, respectively. Unfortunately, these new songs by the great Stephen Schwartz failed to measure up to the tracks originally featured in the Broadway musical.

Splitting Wicked into two movies sounded like a risk at first, but I fully co-sign this decision. This choice made sure that none of the beloved songs from the musical were cut, and also allowed for the friendship between Glinda and Elphaba be even more fleshed out. Since Act 2 is usually shorter than the first, this also meant that For Good had the screentime to add two new tracks just for the movie (and presumably to try and get Best Original Song nominations during Awards Season). Unfortunately, the new songs simply didn't have the same ear worm quality as their predecessors.

Авторское резюме: Обзор отмечает, что разделение Wicked на две части спасло песни эпохи, но новые композиции не достигли уровня оригинала (120–200 символов).

CINEMABLEND — 2025-11-21

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