Wicked Witch of the West in Munchkinland
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- This is a clip from the Warner Theatre's Summer 1990 performance of The Wizard of Oz.
Apologies for the quality, but when you record on a low-end VHS camera, wait 17 years, and then upload it through a TV tuner card, things can be lost.
Remember that there is a difference between the Wicked Witch of the West from Wizard of Oz and Elphaba from Wicked. It's important to differentiate between those.
that was one of the greatest acting for this play i've seen
the witch was perfect
That was like, a perfect impersonation of Margaret Hamiltons wicked witch!
Yeah, this was just filmed by a member of the theatre sitting in the audience.
Other tapes made of shows at the theatre were done by a more professional taper from the balcony (as seen in my Jacob Marley video).
The witch is totally amazing! just like maggie. now being an oz freak, Dorothys basket looks like the one right outta the movie. and that kind of basket is hard to find. where ever did they get it?! lol
"And until you prove with fact"
The fact that McGuire used this witch at all and DID basically lift the witch from this and placed her in "Wicked" as Elphie proves that "Wicked"--COULD BE--a POSSIBLE backstory FOR the MGM witch (remember, Oz was told from Dorothy's point of view [think of it like politics...Elphie's POV is from those veterans that--like most--are against the current state of things, whilst Dorothy is like those blind sheep people who follow what others tell her]).
I have always been a fan of the wicked witch of the west and that was AMAZING!!!!
And again just so you get it, I am speaking of the MGM film version that INSPIRED Wicked, NOT the original one-eyed hunchback in the original WWoO Baum book.
Wow the actress that plays the Wicked Witch is amazing, Glinda is good, toto is cute and well Dorothy is only ok. I wish I would have seen the entire play!
I could upload more... what would you like to see?
Hello! I really loved seeing this! I know this was back from 1990 but do you have the digital transfer of this entire production? And or is there someone I can be directed that has the entire show?
I have now uploaded the footage of the witch melting.
(Cackles) Perfect! Outstanding! the best portrayal of the Witch i ve seen on stage! she sounds just like Margaret hamilton!
can someone get the rest of this...this is pretty impressive
oooh!!! yes yes! the melting!
Continued...As well, Wicked CAN still be a prequel (and continuation) of the film despite inconsistancies, because Elphie went insane anyway (in both the book and the musical [less in the latter, though]...so some of her stuff may've been made up (for example, I would like to think that Elphie DID die, but like all GOOD VILLIANS can NOT truly be killed, hence her revival).
Omg this audience is amazing
It was... This video was taken from the extreme side, not the front view.
Simply unbelievable - she deserves a Tony for that performance! :) Sounds EXACTLY like Margaret Hamilton!!!
im currently the makeup artist for this show, and i have her inner beauty showing.Her eyebrows are what show that she's, and i have purple contouring for her cheeks as well as purple eyeshadow (to show her envy) with some yellow to highlight it a bit more.
Ravensclaw: In your opinion. Because--as you said--the Witch didn't have a backstory (or a name) until Wicked, who is to say that it is or isn't canon (or at the very least, MGM Ozian canon)? As well, LeRoy wanted a beautiful witch initially, but the other producers rejected the idea. And even so, in the Wicked novel, Elphie was described just as harshly as the MGM film depicted her, anyway.
Those are two different stories involving the same character. This Witch is baaaaad. =]
This is fantastic! Do u have the whole production?
BackOfTheHearse: It's not important, because they're the same damn character! Albeit retold by different authors using different perspectives (MGM making things from Dorothy's point of view and Maguire showing us "the other side of the [Ozian] moon" as it were and telling things from through Elphaba's eyes), but they're still one and the same.
I'm surprised that they used fire where a ton of little kids with huge hats were present lol!
Continued...I am speaking of the MGM version, NOT the true bad one in the original book, whose canon was defied by the MGM film, anyway.
Pfenix, St Aelphaba of the Waterfall, the wicked witch of the children stories ... she can very well come back, you know :p
Not this one. The witch is evil Gregory Maguire just created a back story for her. So really its two different stories involving the same character =]
But then...when Wicked came along this witch was given a backstory and BECAME Elphie. :D So that debunks your opinion, because this version was the one that INSPIRED Wicked and was the one USED in said future/current Broadway hit.
Elphie was created for her, so there was a new story! In wicked this witch is elphaba, but IN THIS STORY The witch is evil. There is no good about her. The witch is evil. Wicked is a different story. This witch doesn't become elphaba because someone wrote a story for her. Like if someone wrote a fanfic of Charmed or Buffy, or one of the books. It doesn't mean all that stuff happened. And until you prove with fact that Elphaba and her story is canon in the Oz world you are wrong.
"You have your opinion i have mine. Get over it."
Same for you.
"This witch is evil."
Again, opinion.
"This witch is intended to be EVIL."
True, but I chalk that up to insane-ness.
"Not every WWOTW is Elphaba Thropp."
Again, opinion. To me--and obviously to others--Wicked is a GOOD prequel and you have no reason to bash it!
Never mind, you don't understand.
no, it's Glinda
@BackOfTheHearse Ummm Elphaba IS the Wicked Witch of the West. Wicked merely tells HOW she Gained that title.
the witch slinks uplike a lizard very creepy! Galinda is so new jersey:> lol
It just seems like a fast rising trap door and a little pyro. Nothing that amazing. All trap doors (unless they are just holes in the floor) have lifts. Some are just more high tech or faster than others. For example the trap door that sits on the stage in Fantasmic! (a show at Disney) can move from the top of the stage down to the floor of the room under it in 3 seconds. That is 15 - 20 ft. in 3 seconds plus pyro going off around the actor. That would seem really fun.....and scary.... :P
--Also, remember that Elphaba in the BOOK Wicked was not beautiful. She was very often described harshly, and she had very hard features.--
These would be the features seen in the film, most likely, albeit younger. And yes, the musical--like all musicals--was too uplifting and nothing like Elphie's real story of going insane and becoming the thing she hated to be thought of as being..."wicked".
Also, remember that Elphaba in the BOOK Wicked was not beautiful. She was very often described harshly, and she had very hard features. When Galinda did a little makeover at Shiz, there was a quality of beauty that was found, but it's not something that was immediately apparent. The musical, in my opinion, really did not do the book justice at all.. too many changes.
Yeah and the MGM version. And this one. Is evil. I'm not bashing wicked i love it. Thisd witch is definately not elphaba. She wasn't written with elphaba in mind, therefore she isn't elphaba.
how did they do the trap door?! its amazing!
does the witch use a stage trap
Lolz :) I
@MasterMacabre13th Looked like a mask to me rofl.
Yes it insipred wicked But this isn't Elpahba!!!!!! Why don't you understand this witch isn't elphie?
why do they alway's have to make her ugly? Elphaba jus wanted to be loved
Still it is a DIFFERENT character. You have your opinion i have mine. Get over it. This witch is evil. This witch is intended to be EVIL. Not every WWOTW is Elphaba Thropp.
Actress - AMAZING
Costume - Suckish :S
Makeup - Just Plain Bad :P