Gilbert Cruz

And then for this one magical moment, they have no idea what's going on and they really have to, you know, respond in real time.

There is still magic in the world is my reaction to that video.

So we also Wicked for Good.

And I would love to talk about it.

Listeners, again, you've been warned.

It's been 22 years since the musical came out.

And about three days since the movie came out.

We're going to talk about it.

There's a bit of a time jump from the first film.

Elphaba has been officially branded the Wicked Witch of the West by the Wizard of Oz, played by Jeff Goldblum in this film, and Madame Morrible, played by Michelle Yeoh.

The two of them, they're still being mean to animals, and Elphaba is still trying to free all the animals.

Glinda has been made like the propaganda face of this new administration here.

She's tasked with wearing a lot of pink, lifting the spirits of the people of Oz.

But the thing is, she still loves her friend, and she still wants the best for her.

There's a lot of other stuff that goes on.

The film is darker than the first one.

There's a lot of not very subtle political undertones.

Let's talk about it.

Madison, you, as we established, are the biggest fan of Wicked in the entire New York Times building.

What is your understanding of the difficulties of adapting essentially the second act of the show to its own film?