I am not defending that pathetic marriage wrecker at all BUT... the hairstylist for the film should have styled the wig to look exactly like Glinda's "hair" in the Broadway show, especially in act two. I still hate that the director (and probably Ariana too) had her wardrobe only consist of pink. 🙄 Anyways, on Broadway, Glinda's hair was close to shoulder length and had short, tight yet bouncy curls. (Example: static.wikia.nocookie.net/wicked/images/b/b5/Glindakristen.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180809045318)
That's why I didn't see Glinda in the film (not that I would have even if her wig was accurate to the Broadway musical)... Ariana cosplayed as her stupid Nickelodeon character instead of—from a costume perspective—the character she was supposedly portraying (but failed hard at).
I'm completely over this but yeah. On stage her hair has so much life to it. She was Cat Valentine as Glinda. Post lobotomy Cat that is. I hate that her wardrobe only consists of pink. Even if they had gone with her blue color it would've been the same. Her wardrobe would've consisted of blue. Also, Elphaba looks too clean. She wasn't dirty before but she was frumpy. She looked like she didn't know how to hold a makeup brush.
All I saw was Glinda as Ariana. They should've changed the other half of the Wicked logo to the periwinkle color of her second dress. Her hair looked the same if not worse. Also, there's things that work better on stage. Like when Glinda and Elphaba were fighting in front of Dorothys house.
On stage it's like "haha that's funny" whereas in the movie it's like "dude, your sister just died and here you are fighting over a man." Also the party dress that Glinda wore along with her dressing gown looked tacky. Jon take her pink goes good with green line too seriously.
Her having pink in her wardrobe implies that the 1939 characters went to college together and that the Billie Burke version of Glinda hates Dorothy. It implies that there was a love triangle with the Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, and Ray Bolger versions of their characters. Especially the later.
When I saw the musical in 2015, I knew that these were completely separate versions of those characters despite having believed that they were those versions. When Elphaba said that the Wizard should fear her it didn't sound angry. It didn't sound rebellious.
Also, not showing Dorothy's face made no sense because she's not connected to the Judy Garland version of the character. Someone on reddit claimed that the grandmother of the actress for Dorothy used the same fabric used for the 1939 Dorothy. That fabric would be unusable. It would be faded unless it was taken well care of.
But it wouldn't have because MGM at the time didn't think it would've become the super giant that it is today. They even threw out Professer Marvel's crystal ball for Christ sake. So they probably got rid of the remaining fabric for the outfit or used it for other movies. Even her basket was used in other movies. Along with the tornado.
The whole thing could've worked better as an Ever After High/Descendants concept with these characters being the daughters of Glinda and the WWW. Along with the scarecrow and his son. Or more specifically, his son would become the scarecrow because in the first book, Fieryo isn't even turned into one.
The movie feels biphobic as well. It's implied that Elphaba is bisexual. Her son is as well. He develops an unhealthy obsession with Dorothy in the second book. Basically all in all, Wicked works better on stage. That includes the costumes and hair as well.
Ariana made Glinda look infantile. She and Cynthia don't sound right when they sing together. Basically, it feels like Jon Chu had no faith in this movie and that's why he chose Ariana. If she hadn't done what she did, I'd be fine with the movie.
He doesn't know how to film solo scenes. Because his group scenes are either too much or just right, while the individual ones suck. Except for "In the Heights" before the abuela went to heaven. Even if Ariana had worn a wig her performance still would've been bad.
