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Originally posted by RioLambdaAlum
I am reading my friends book "Wicked THe Life and TImes of the Wicked Witch of the West" (gregory maguire)..its an interesting, semi-boring but makes you still want to read it, twisted version of the wizard of oz. It gives like her background and why she became the way she is. My friend told me the end is the best part of the book I am about half way so it should be picking up soon.

I read it- the ending is worth it.

The musical "Wicked" is losely based on that book...and the its much better then the book, IMHO.

We had to do character anaylsis of the moive when I was in high school. I said Glinda was a drug lord. Seriously, look at the evidence
1. Yellow Brick Road- clearly solid gold bars
2. Dorthy et al go through the poppy field- they stumbled onto Glinda's stash
3. Glinda then sprinkles them with snow...ahem, SNOW.

I think I had more...but can't recall it now. I think it was something about how the Wicked Witch was working for the DEA and Glinda took out a hit on her and her sister (from the East) and Dorthoy wasn't an innocent girl from Kansas, but instead a vicious assasin.

I had a blast with that paper.

ETA: I just saw PM_Mama00's post...I'm such a genius!:D No seriously, I never heard of the moive orginally meaning to scare kids away from drugs. I do know the book was a political commentary.