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Dec. 15th, 2024 05:10 pmMy husband the horror fanatic is watching something about Amish hauntings - that may actually be the name of it, Amish Haunting(s?). It's kind of bizarre. I've spent some time with a couple of Amish people and I have trouble believing they'd approve of that, but who knows. (It's not like I know them spectacularly well. They just always seem pretty grounded to me.)
I finished the History of LotR #3 (which is called The War of the Rings) - these are big fat books and so every one of those I finish seems like a victory. Now I just have #4, which I've already started - it's called Sauron Defeated.
So, did I mention this already? We are about to go see Wicked again. It will be Rob's second time and my third - I suggested it because I've been watching YouTube videos about it, and I finished my re-read of the book since the last time I saw it, and I'm just sort of trying to fit all of that together in my head. (One unspoilery detail I've noticed: did other people pay attention to Elphaba's glasses? Sort of an s-curve sort of thing, I've never seen any like that before and I've worn glasses since I was eight or something. Somebody's probably got a contract to sell copies of that, how much you wanna bet?)
(Totally spoilers below for Wicked book vs musical vs movie + speculation. Remember too that I don't even really know anything about the musical, I've never seen it.)
(Later!)
OK, I totally enjoyed Wicked again. Something I got from the videos I watched was that (as in the book, and I guess also in the musical, according to Wikipedia) the Wizard is actually Elphaba's father - BUT the movie may have hinted at this early on by having Goldblum's voice doing the singing at the beginning as her mother's lover (just, like a line or two). I thought it did sound like him but it's hard to be sure. Rob & I both also felt like when he meets with Elphaba later, it sort of seemed like he knew that. If he actually gave her mother the green elixir then he should be pretty certain, really! Anyway, we had fun trying to figure all that out.
I finished the History of LotR #3 (which is called The War of the Rings) - these are big fat books and so every one of those I finish seems like a victory. Now I just have #4, which I've already started - it's called Sauron Defeated.
So, did I mention this already? We are about to go see Wicked again. It will be Rob's second time and my third - I suggested it because I've been watching YouTube videos about it, and I finished my re-read of the book since the last time I saw it, and I'm just sort of trying to fit all of that together in my head. (One unspoilery detail I've noticed: did other people pay attention to Elphaba's glasses? Sort of an s-curve sort of thing, I've never seen any like that before and I've worn glasses since I was eight or something. Somebody's probably got a contract to sell copies of that, how much you wanna bet?)
(Totally spoilers below for Wicked book vs musical vs movie + speculation. Remember too that I don't even really know anything about the musical, I've never seen it.)
(Later!)
OK, I totally enjoyed Wicked again. Something I got from the videos I watched was that (as in the book, and I guess also in the musical, according to Wikipedia) the Wizard is actually Elphaba's father - BUT the movie may have hinted at this early on by having Goldblum's voice doing the singing at the beginning as her mother's lover (just, like a line or two). I thought it did sound like him but it's hard to be sure. Rob & I both also felt like when he meets with Elphaba later, it sort of seemed like he knew that. If he actually gave her mother the green elixir then he should be pretty certain, really! Anyway, we had fun trying to figure all that out.
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