tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post5070064053364645518..comments2024-03-11T22:15:48.675-07:00Comments on ONCE UPON A BLOG: 'Wicked' the Movie Finally Gets a Release Date (Get Out Your 5 Year Planners Folks, It's a Way Off)Gypsy Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05376146830985305127noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-28219715407112473582017-04-02T14:28:58.926-07:002017-04-02T14:28:58.926-07:00Thanks Annette. The musical is very different from...Thanks Annette. The musical is very different from the book, even while it follows the same story. I think the musical medium made various aspects of the story even more relate-able to a different cross-section of people, and having songs people can 'adopt' as their personal anthems (Like the song 'Defying Gravity') is always effective in making them dear. It will be wonderful to have the option of a film (and we're all hoping they do the musical, at least, justice) and, perhaps a new generation will (re)discover the book too.Gypsy Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376146830985305127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-1827304290726163482017-04-02T04:17:09.631-07:002017-04-02T04:17:09.631-07:00Good Morning, a friend of mine, a public librarian...Good Morning, a friend of mine, a public librarian was a bit shocked at the loose and fancy free promoting of what she entitled "the Occult" and informed me that her grand daughters would not be allowed to discuss or read any young adult or children's literature that was written on this subject. Though we shared a criticism and poster on the musical Wicked and then talked on about the themes authors try to present in this new type of young people's genre. Gregory M. was a good author and used many literary terms in his well written novels. <br /> Then we discussed how the L Frank Baum books have been used through many years to change the character's quests and behaviors a bit different from Baum's. <br /> I look forward to this film, since I did not have an opportunity to see the Musical Wicked, but if the musical was filmed, will be much easier to see. We are too far from movie theaters and my husband hates large gatherings. This blog is very important to me as a former children's librarian. Mrs. Annette Keith IIIAnnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04073160568756908712noreply@blogger.com