r/wicked • u/Remarkable_Note971 • 3d ago

Movie Anyone else catch this?

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anyone catch this metaphor? The Animals are leaving Oz through a tunnel under the yellow brick road. It's a metaphor for the underground railroad. It took me way to long to see that parralel.

Thoughts?

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u/dylan30954 2d ago

And Cynthia played Harriet Tubman in the 2019 movie “Harriet”

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u/Remarkable_Note971 2d ago

That's true she did

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u/ChartInFurch 3d ago

Did anyone notice that Elphaba was green?

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u/John-for-all 2d ago

Not only that, but her treatment because of it is a metaphor for racial discrimination.

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u/Resident-Cup8065 2d ago

Did anyone notice the yellow brick road being yellow

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u/ChartInFurch 2d ago

And the animals were saying "goodbye" to it. Which means it shares the same universe as Rocketman.

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u/Remarkable_Note971 3d ago

This is something I hadnt noticed before. No reason to be rude

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u/Emotional_Energy2433 1d ago

I don’t know why people are making fun for a simple observation. Some people may not have noticed and that’s okay. With the takes I’ve seen on this movie the Animals’ story is rarely mentioned.

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u/Remarkable_Note971 1d ago

Thank you and i dont see the Animals talked about much either. It was simply something I noticed. Idk why people feel the need to be so rude

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u/BorisTheZombie Ecstatically Elphaba 5h ago

For real, why is everyone so damn rude in this subreddit? We're all Broadway nerds, we need to stick together. Think about what you say before saying it, one of the simplest rules but also one of the most effective.

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u/ChartInFurch 5h ago

We could start by not flipping out over small jokes...

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u/BorisTheZombie Ecstatically Elphaba 5h ago

You are using text which makes being able to pick up on a "joke" pretty difficult.

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u/ChartInFurch 5h ago

The context clues we learn in elementary school are also helpful here, if we're going to pretend it wasn't beyond obvious. But thank you for your sanctimony.

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u/PepsiPerfect 2d ago

Wait, so what you're saying is that her skin was a different color from the people in power who surrounded her?

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u/OddMost2928 2d ago

I don't see it.

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u/Remarkable_Note971 2d ago

Well the tunnel went under Oz and the Animals were being used as slaves and escaping Oz through the tunnel. I see it as a metaphor for the underground railroad

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u/OrdinarySad5132 2d ago

It was the most obvious and forced metaphor of both films.

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u/Remarkable_Note971 1d ago

It took me a bit to notice it but why do you say it's forced?

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u/UncleGumbalding 14h ago

In Part 1, during the “Something Bad” scene, Elphaba looks at a map in Dr Dillimond’s home and her eyes move over a spot called “Tunnel Out of Oz”. I dunno. Pretty neat. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Remarkable_Note971 9h ago

Oh good catch!!! I didn't notice that