It's a sugar-rush fantasy with the overpowering star presence of Cynthia Erivo. I don't have showtune-rapture in my DNA but this movie made a cleaner, sharper, cartoonier kind of sense to me than the stage show, which I saw back in 2011.
This film is the prequel origin myth for Schwartz's emerald supervillain-hero, stratospherically upping her status in retrospect: the green-faced Wicked Witch of the West from the 1939 movie classic The Wizard Of Oz, based on L Frank Baum's children's tale.
Bu hikaye The Guardian dergisinin November 20, 2024 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Giriş Yap
Bu hikaye The Guardian dergisinin November 20, 2024 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Giriş Yap
'An exciting new era' Everton owners promise return to glory days after £500m deal
The Friedkin Group vowed to restore Everton to their \"rightful place in the Premier League table\" after completing a takeover that brought the turbulent era of Farhad Moshiri to an end.
Friedkin Group brings hope of much-needed stability and ambition
The Friedkin Group's takeover of Everton represents a momentous day for those exhausted and resigned to calamity by the tenure of Farhad Moshiri.
A humble Hamilton hero who was born to score
Ex-coaches in New Zealand on Chris Wood's rise from selfless schoolboy to poster boy at Nottingham Forest
'Usyk is fighting for his country': Dubois tips Fury to lose rematch
Daniel Dubois, the IBF world heavyweight champion, believes that Oleksandr Usyk will again defeat Tyson Fury in Riyadh tomorrow night.
Football's new fetish Forget Nicolas Jover and stylish set-piece coaches, bring on the directors of vibes
It's 25 October 2012. Those of you who follow the Austrian regional leagues won't need reminding.
Rush to start work caused enormous cost overruns, says new boss of HS2
Enormous budget overruns on the HS2 high-speed railway have been blamed by its new chief executive on a \"rush to start\", as the Department for Transport admitted it did not know what the line would cost.
Body Shop 'back for good' as relaunch brings early profit
The new boss of the Body Shop has told staff the struggling ethical beauty retailer is \"back for good\" after it recorded a profit in its first 100 days under new ownership.
Ofwat's hellish tightrope walk is a good result for ministers and firms. Bill-payers, not so much
Water bills in England and Wales were always going to rise massively.
Deal reached to save shipbuilder Harland & Wolff
A Spanish state-owned shipbuilder will buy Belfast-based Harland & Wolff in a deal that will secure all four of its shipyards and save 1,000 jobs.
Fighters linked to the Sudan army 'execute men in war crime'
Relatives and rights groups have accused fighters from an Islamist paramilitary force aligned with the Sudanese army of executing dozens of young men on suspicion of cooperating with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Khartoum area.
