A 12 months after Half I, the Depraved film franchise returns with For Good, an adaptation of the second act of the Broadway musical. On this episode of Hyperspace Theories, Tricia Barr and B.J. Priester study how Depraved: For Good takes benefit of the film format, and the passage of time because the authentic musical was written, to strengthen the character arcs of Elphaba, Glinda, and Fiyero in tandem with the story’s themes. Like Half I, For Good additionally maximizes the chance to incorporate places, motion sequences, and different visible components which wouldn’t be doable in a Broadway stage manufacturing.
The 2 new songs written for Depraved: For Good, Elphaba’s “No Place Like Residence” early within the film and Glinda’s “Lady within the Bubble” close to the top, reinforce the 2 characters’ motivations for his or her essential selections within the story. Every track additionally feels particularly well timed, immediately addressing themes of resistance to oppression, the affect of propaganda, and the emotional and psychological obstacles that generally have to be overcome to make the proper alternative and do the proper factor. Though the characters had comparable motivations within the authentic Broadway present, the brand new songs for Depraved: For Good mirror the influence of current political and social occasions to drive house themes that maybe felt a little bit extra summary and distant to many listeners twenty years in the past.
Alongside the trail of their very own respective journeys, Elphaba and Glinda additionally change the opposite Depraved characters round them, and in the end Oz itself. But For Good additionally takes place within the background of The Wizard of Oz in a way more direct means than Half I‘s story. If there’s a weak level in For Good, it’s that this film leans a bit too closely on the belief that its viewers remembers the small print of Dorothy’s plotline from the sooner movie, an assumption that will not be as workable for a mainstream film launch in 2025 in comparison with the theatrical musical attendees on the flip of the twenty-first century. Collectively, although, Depraved: Half I and Depraved: For Good inform an entire story for Elphaba and Glinda, and the way they modified one another without end.
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