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before before we get into it so this is
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our Wicked spoiler review we'll get into
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spoilers including things about the
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ending um I think you know Allan and I
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both really love the stage play and
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really like this movie you know I'm kind
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of shocked because the trailers and the
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promotion for the
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movie I thought were bad yeah the
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trailers were the effect in the trailers
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were bad they cleaned it up
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significantly but the trailers for this
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movie I would groan at the trailers and
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then the promotion for the film was not
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great the actor interviews uh when I saw
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it Saturday and and just thought to
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myself this is great um the second thing
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that came to my mind was they need to
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stop this press tour right now right
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they just need to shut it down let the
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movie speak for itself because the
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actors are not helping this movie in any
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way
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correct but I gotta say they captured
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all the best moments from the stage
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play the uh seeing this movie in a
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theater is an
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event so many I saw so many women and
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men uh Dressed in outfits they uh you
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know Team Pink or Team
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Green and they were into it and I love
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you know what I love enthusiasm I love
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going to the movies
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and when I see that kind of enthusiasm
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it's uh that kind of like passion
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enthusiasm it's it's I love to see it
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I'm sorry I love to see it and there's a
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lot of merch and there's a lot of let me
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share I'll share something really quick
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Alamo Draft House is doing screenings of
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dick it wait let me share that
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again
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[ __ ] it's a wicked it's uh a wicked
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stupid drag show
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Allan I just had it WR yeah I know got
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it there you go there you go at the Almo
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Draft House in La you can see
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[ __ ] which well there you are a wicked
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themed drag show so uh there you go um
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but I love the enthusiasm I want to get
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people back to the theater I want movie
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theaters to thrive I want to see a a a
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whole wide range of movies at theaters
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and this movie knows its Market
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and I think you know we've said it it's
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going to be a huge hit this is a billion
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dollar movie but let's talk about it and
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especially the ending okay and I I love
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when you see these videos on YouTube
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where it's like Star Wars ending
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explained it's I'm thinking here did you
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not understand the ending ridiculous but
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this movie ends
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perfectly at the same moment that the
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stage play has an
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intermission and what I'm excited about
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for the sequel for Wicked 2 or the
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conclusion of the story is because I
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actually think for the stage play a lot
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of moments in that second half are
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breezed
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by like they're going through highlights
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of The Wizard of Oz and it happens too
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quick I think the second half has the
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potential to actually be even be better
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than the second half of the stage play
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so it ends with the um and I'll say this
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so many of the songs people clapped when
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the song like loathing or popular or
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certain songs got Applause at the
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end I was I was
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surprised so and a lot of moments too
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that one moment that is uh the original
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actors actresses who played alpab and
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galinda in the original stage play they
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get a
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moment a song and it's good and the
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audience loved it loved it so uh that's
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great that's great and I can see this
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movie getting repeat
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business people will see this multiple
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times right Allan yeah I mean we've seen
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it twice so far yeah yeah you're gonna
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go again right probably you probably
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have to because your wife wants to yeah
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I know yeah but the way it ends it ends
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uh with uh the song define
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gravity Alaba learns to fly with the uh
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magical broom and it's Spellbook yeah
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I'm watching this movie I'm like this is
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a Marvel superhero movie for girls
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that's what this is It's a superhero
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origin story that's what it is and core
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and ending it there with the hard cut to
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be
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continued perfect and the audience just
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erupted it was I was at oh God I had the
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worst seats I was off to the side in
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like the third row like the best I could
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get for the Dolby Digital so what I'm
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excited about in the second half and
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there maybe put the spoilers warning up
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would you Allan
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yeah um what I'm excited about is I
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think this has the
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potential to tell the second half of the
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story better than the play because I
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actually think the second half of the
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play is not as good as the first
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half and it feels
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rushed like there's a bigger story
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that's not being told because what it
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does is it continues the story of
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alphaba and Glinda but then it it
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happens
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parallel to the events of Wizard of
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Oz right Allan what are you doing I'm
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going over comments here well pay
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attention here okay I want you to engage
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in the conversation I know but you're
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talking and usually you go on so well
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know but like then you I want you to
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chime in I care what you think I know
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for one okay so in terms of uh I'm I'm
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excited about the second half uh the
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second half really Dives deep into the
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friendship between alphaba and galinda
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the friendship is tested like every like
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every time we do a show yes exactly uh
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and then you know you get it then runs
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parallel to the wizard of O right um
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which we know how that ends we know how
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that ends so so if you seen The Wizard
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of Oz guess what that happens in the
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second half there will be a there will
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be a you will see in Wicked part two you
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will see a retelling of The Wizard of Oz
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from a different point of you yeah and
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again this movie did it first uh the
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stage play did this whole was not really
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bad thing first and so to say it's a
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Trope is wrong because if you're the
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first one to do it it's not a Trope it's
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now a trope
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and sadly uh but um let's see uh
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the the thing that I walked away with
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was how different the movie is from the
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stage play um and and I'll say it this
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way uh the movie is longer than the
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stage play um but uh what I what I talk
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about a lot is there's an intimacy when
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you see a live performance uh so when
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you're sitting in the back row and the
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people look small there's still an intim
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you get with that and so when um when
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you see alphaba singing Defying Gravity
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it's it's a it's a major moment in the
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play and it you know you can't help but
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applaud and and be excited for the
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ending of the first half uh and uh to
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John M's credit I think he understands
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that and he did a lot he made a lot of
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smart choices uh to bring not the
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intimacy of the theater but to
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understand the emotional story of the
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characters and that's why the movie is
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longer than the uh than the play because
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they really do get into the emotion the
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the the the story about the humans and
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animals uh with Peter Dinklage as uh
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Professor you know diland I believe is
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his name um you know that's just
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something you kind of pass by uh when
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you watch it you you understand it it's
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kind of subtext or a subplot a b-plot to
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the the movie but in the in the movie in
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the play in the movie though they really
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dive into it and they really make
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Professor dilmont a a sympathetic
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character and now you understand uh
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alphaba turn you understand fierro's
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turn um you understand why Glinda is
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kind of caught she's like uh the the
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church in Bon Hofer um you know she's
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she you know it's the do I go against
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the government or do I fall in line with
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the government and that's going to be
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basically the second half and um or the
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next movie um and so yeah it the um oh
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the the story with Bach and Nessa Rose
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uh you know you kind of you mean Bick
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b I thought that was funny yeah but um
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that story there that the idea that he's
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in love with galinda but uh Glinda asked
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him to ask Nessa Rose out um you you
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really got the sense of the the the the
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Betrayal that's about to happen between
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bak and nessar
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um you know so there are a lot of things
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are just brought out and I think that's
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to your point that you made about why
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you think the the movie is better I see
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them as two separate entities at this
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point yeah but uh you know it's like I
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said John mchu uh you know my vote for
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best director so far this year Well you
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this movie will be the most nominated
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film of the year in both technical
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acting directing just wait for it will
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be the most and and I actually think
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because of this
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film this year's Oscars will probably
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get better ratings yeah because a
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popular movie will get Oscar Noms yeah
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well here yeah and here's the problem
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Wicked will run into or here's the
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problem for the Oscars there's no
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original music in this so uh so the the
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music the music cannot be nominated for
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an Academy Award in yeah that sucks
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but yeah I just God I I guarantee this
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will be a movie that will get like it'll
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be playing through
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January minimum it'll still be in
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theaters and they're not gonna Rush this
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to digital yeah I think they'll be I
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think they're gonna I wouldn't be
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surprised if there's GNA be a
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Valentine's Day H promotion to see this
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movie in theaters so I think it'll go it
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would re-release that makes sense
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although Val run through February
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they'll do a big promotion in February
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Valentine Valentine's Day weekend is uh
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when Captain America comes
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out there they go um final thoughts on
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the second half I want to hear your
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thought on it Al because I always felt
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when I saw the stage play the second
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half was rushed yeah songs are not as
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catchy it's dark and the all the moments
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that involve Wizard of Oz were kind of
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rushed and yeah not as clear I feel like
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John Chu has the chance to make the
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second half better than the second half
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of the play in terms of story you say
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you're saying part two are are you I'm
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saying part two okay we're we're
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speculating now yeah spec okay part two
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I am definitely excited about part two
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uh you know I'm I'm liking the the
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decisions being made through here I look
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wicked's not a perfect movie uh there
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are flaws that I found especially in the
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beginning but it really hits its stride
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in the end um knowing what happens in
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the second half uh there are a lot of
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interesting things going on and you know
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they're adding stuff uh and so you know
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define gravity is the is the defining
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song of this one um you know we could be
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changed I I can't wait to see that that
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one
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yeah yeah it's um well we'll see we'll
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see and and um we'll talk about Monday
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on verses as well let's go to your so
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yeah this is um it's I'm hopeful this
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will save theaters to be honest yeah I
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mean theaters really need some help and
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this movie will do it yeah the the one
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movie so far because uh I hate to say it
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I'm not hopeful for Manana 2o and I'm
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definitely not hopeful for
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muasa same
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movies movies movies
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