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Breaking Baz: ‘Wicked’s Jon M. Chu On Unlocking The Musical For The Big Screen And How Casting Cynthia Erivo As Elphaba Was “Like A Coup”
Jon M. Chu learned to use his power in the right way, just as Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba does in Wicked.
Chu’s Wicked uncovers something stark and dark about America, throw in apartheid South Africa too, and there are other instances as well, and turns a mirror on ourselves with a palette that’s palatable. (L-R) Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and director Jon M. Chu on set Giles Keyte / Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection For theater kids, grownups even, Wicked ’s a serial repeater, and they’ll keep zooming through Erivo’s meltingly heartbreaking realization of “The Wizard and I” and “I’m Not That Girl,” her soaring, defiant “Defying Gravity,” Grande’s plucky “Popular,” Jonathan Bailey’s seemingly effortlessly carefree “Dancing Through Life” and the tearful duet performed by Elphaba and Glinda in the Ozdust ballroom.
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