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Okay, So What Is a Munchkin Now?
Wicked’s Munchkins have been reborn in Ethan Slater’s image.
In a recent cover story for GQ Hype, Wicked actor and Professional Human SpongeBob Ethan Slater gave a glimpse of approximately zero details or revelations into his relationship with co-star Ariana Grande, aside from sharing how difficult it’s been to go through a divorce and new high-profile relationship in the public eye. “We built the Munchkinland look around him, in a weird way — like this red-haired, fair-skinned type of character.” The director envisioned an agricultural society full of “joyful, innocent people” who “harvested the joy [and] the colors of all of Oz” — the kind of setting where Slater’s natural physical strength and playfulness would thrive. But in the weird and woolly world of Wicked: Part One ’s internal logic, it’s offensive when Munchkins are defined by their height, but it’s actually normal and awesome when they’re all a race of primitive, playful red-headed folk who harvest colors and joy.
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