“Wicked” (2024) Review

It’d be easy for such a lavish and exuberant musical as Wicked to get lost within its glamor, where all the eye-popping visuals and catchy lyrics cake over anything to say about this revisionist history of Oz. However, director Jon M. Chu has a firm enough grasp on this material to be as thematically resonant as it is decadently assembled with humanity so organic that a mere hair flip can generate a chuckle. This is a tale of discrimination and political stife that feels especially topical now ...