tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180069184626464868.post5373422701068089989..comments2023-08-03T08:10:44.885-04:00Comments on Angular Unconformities: WickedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180069184626464868.post-65972275430425932462009-04-06T21:39:00.000-04:002009-04-06T21:39:00.000-04:00Oh, I've loved this for years. Very cool. I li...Oh, I've loved this for years. Very cool. I liked both the twists and turns of the plot, but most especially subtlety and rich character development. For myself, I am compulsively moderate, always looking to the other side, thinking, "What if there is a reason why so-&-so did blahblahblah?" I always believe that stories are more complicated than whatever we've heard. Especially news stories and classic tales. I reweave them in my mind sometimes. This is a brilliant example of that flipping twisting of a tale to explore new depths. <BR/><BR/>At work recently a few of us have been reading stories like these that turn traditional tales on their head. I think my favorite one recently was The Host by Stephanie Meyers, which flips the old story of the alien invaders cockeyed.Perplexity Peccablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907490858636982647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180069184626464868.post-86094286883430074802009-03-30T21:04:00.000-04:002009-03-30T21:04:00.000-04:00So glad you read it! I'm especially interested in...So glad you read it! I'm especially interested in the complex female personalities in Wicked (male characters aren't generally fleshed out nearly as well, in the book or in the musical) and their relationships with each other. And, of course, the religious nature of Elphaba and Nessarose's background, and how it relates to ideas about the nature of evil -- which was ENTIRELY left out of the musical. (You can imagine how I'd identify with that...)Heather Thamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936906416071213232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180069184626464868.post-71120702523571438452009-03-30T20:34:00.000-04:002009-03-30T20:34:00.000-04:00I share your admiration for retellings of familiar...I share your admiration for retellings of familiar tales from different points of view. I read "Wicked" and "The Mists of Avalon" with my book club. Your analysis of Elphaba is insightful. We agreed she was tragic and a bit sympathetic, but we never got to her embitterment at evil triumphing. I liked the book in that Mcguire said he wanted to write about the most evil "person" in the culture. McGuire shows even this "most evil person in the culture" has good in her if we look beyond the evil. At least, it's true in this convincing retelling.Cranberry Necklacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12082095005752863304noreply@blogger.com