Gilbert Cruz

Intellectual property, franchises, pre-existing, sort of already baked...

uh lore or names that that you know sort of do half the work already to getting people in theaters wicked is based on a very long chain of ip it was never called ip back then but you have a book that came out in 1900 and then you had a movie musical that came out in 1939 still one of the most famous american movies ever made the wizard of oz and then you have this book in 1995 by gregory mcguire

You have this musical in 2003, and now you have these two movies.

Kyle, I'm wondering how much of the success of these two films you attribute to the fact that this is, you know, at least in America, sort of a story that's been around for so long, and this is a part of it.

It is a Thanksgiving film.

Yeah.

I guess I was surprised that, again, I have listened to the show and I've seen a scratchy bootleg.

I guess I forgot how much the second act really ties into The Wizard of Oz, which is a film maybe like Kyle, maybe like you.

I've seen dozens and dozens of times, either in full or in part.

And I just side note, if you are a parent and you have not shown your child...

The Wizard of Oz already.

Shame on you.

And you should do that immediately.

It is one of the great things that this country has ever produced.

How did your son react when you showed him?

He loved it.

Was that post-Wicked?

It was not post-Wicked.

I think we showed it to him.

Yes, there were a couple parts that scared him.