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Wicked: The Grimmerie
by David Cote
This book is gorgeous!!!!
I absolutely loved this. There was a lot of insight into all the effort that went into making this play. It is beautifully designed and gorgeous to look at. The colour scheme was great and I found myself forgetting time just staring at the large pictures and maps and reading every little detail. So much effort when into making this amazing and it shows.
There were so many people interviewed on different topics and they all flowed so well into each other that it wasn't jarring. I really appreciated that they'd interviewed the author of [b:Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West|37442|Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)|Gregory Maguire|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1437733293l/37442._SY75_.jpg|1479280] as it was nice to see what he liked/didn't like and how he dealt with it and also to hear that he gave them his blessing to mess around with the original story a bit. My favourite part was the interviews with the different actors who have brought the characters to life. Even though they were short, it was neat to see what they took/didn't take from those who came before them and how they tried to develop the characters they were playing while still staying true to the original. It was so cool.
I should also mention that there is a lot of text. I was happily surprised to find that I spent a lot more time reading this than I had first anticipated. I also liked the little interactive sections like learning to do Elphaba's dance or taking a character personality quiz. I was not expecting that and it was a good surprise.
I do wish that when they showed copies of notes they had not clustered them on top of each other as I did try to read them and it was quite annoying that the bottom corners were cut off. Also, I would have liked it if instead of just saying that the script changed in a certain way, they provided examples. While it still gave a great insight into how they developed the play from the book and the author of the original book even gave his two cents, I would have liked to have had a better idea of what the original drafts might have looked like or the lyrics to songs that later got replaced.
Other than that, I don't have any complaints about this. I love it. It is certainly something that I will treasure for a very long time.
I highly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of the musical.
I absolutely loved this. There was a lot of insight into all the effort that went into making this play. It is beautifully designed and gorgeous to look at. The colour scheme was great and I found myself forgetting time just staring at the large pictures and maps and reading every little detail. So much effort when into making this amazing and it shows.
There were so many people interviewed on different topics and they all flowed so well into each other that it wasn't jarring. I really appreciated that they'd interviewed the author of [b:Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West|37442|Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)|Gregory Maguire|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1437733293l/37442._SY75_.jpg|1479280] as it was nice to see what he liked/didn't like and how he dealt with it and also to hear that he gave them his blessing to mess around with the original story a bit. My favourite part was the interviews with the different actors who have brought the characters to life. Even though they were short, it was neat to see what they took/didn't take from those who came before them and how they tried to develop the characters they were playing while still staying true to the original. It was so cool.
I should also mention that there is a lot of text. I was happily surprised to find that I spent a lot more time reading this than I had first anticipated. I also liked the little interactive sections like learning to do Elphaba's dance or taking a character personality quiz. I was not expecting that and it was a good surprise.
I do wish that when they showed copies of notes they had not clustered them on top of each other as I did try to read them and it was quite annoying that the bottom corners were cut off. Also, I would have liked it if instead of just saying that the script changed in a certain way, they provided examples. While it still gave a great insight into how they developed the play from the book and the author of the original book even gave his two cents, I would have liked to have had a better idea of what the original drafts might have looked like or the lyrics to songs that later got replaced.
Other than that, I don't have any complaints about this. I love it. It is certainly something that I will treasure for a very long time.
I highly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of the musical.