Paul Tazewell
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386 appearances
4 recordings
3 series
first heard Mar 2025
last heard 7 Jun
Paul Tazewell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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She was in mourning, so she wore that color, signifying mourning.
And then to adopt that as a way to pull herself apart from the rest of the community, which we see presented when she's a little girl and how the other children in the neighborhood make fun of her.
And that holding on to that armoring that's created by wearing black, it felt real in a way because, you know, you think about high school students or young students who dress in black or in a very goth way to make themselves feel special or to, you know, create a separation from the rest of, you know, those bullies that might be hurting them, you know, just to create some significance in their personality.
Thank you for mentioning that.
I mean, that was, again, another element is that she's side by side with Glinda, Glinda.
who is always dressed in pink or in light tones, and they are often very feminine in feminine fabrics, light, airy, elegant, beautiful, those things that are desirable, I made the decision that there had to be balance.
And then it just continues to expand.
You know, I was talking about how Cynthia was cast.
You know, it was the first time that a Black woman had ever been cast in that role.
which is surprising because the whole point of the story is that she is, you know, being ostracized or vilified or, you know, that she's othered because of the color of her skin.
Now, it's a direct connection to, you know, the racial structure of, you know, even our country.
There are so many similarities in the emotional story for a person of color and how that relates to Elphaba.
I think that that was when it actually played.
This was before there was VHS tapes.
As it happened in my memory, it was annually that, you know, my three brothers, myself, and my two parents would sit and we would experience, you know, The Wizard of Oz.
And it became very...
you know, informative.
I mean, it was, you know, for me as a designer, you know, the idea of visual magic, you know, when you think about, most specifically, going from sepia tone in Dorothy's house to technicolor when she enters into Munchkinland.
I mean, that's one of the most magical transitions that I've, you know, that I can remember.
So, you know, I have that in my bank of memories.
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