Gregory Maguire, AG90: What inspired you to write Wicked?

[@PorgWitch]

So intelligent and fascinating to listen to. I'd gladly listen to a lecture by him

[@oona791]

So sad about James Bulger :(
They did much worse to the poor child than stone him to death. I certainly call that evil. Especially because both of the boys were 10, not 11 and 14.

[@inessamaria2428]

great interview

[@jacobgarrity9055]

The author made the book and Broadway adapted it into a musical at the Gershwin theater

[@h193013]

You can get a doctrine in children’s literature?

[@OakRidgePunk777]

This is amazing

[@fernandabluntkrasinski9026]

Thanks to Wicked (book and stage musical) now we got misunderstood evil queens, villains or witches on tv and cinema who now they turn to be not so evil people like Maleficent, Cruella, the evil queen from Once Upon a Time series, and Elsa from Frozen (based on the Snow Queen tale).. even I bet that the live action version of Ursula (from The Little Mermaid 2023) won’t end up like her original animated counterpart

[@carbootstudios2459]

Note how they’re all female characters. Think about that.

[@pastorphiliptrent]

He ruined everyone’s ideas of Baum’s books. It’s so annoying when people compare the two. It was a world invented and made up by Baum, and who is this guy to retell it??!!??

[@carbootstudios2459]

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Dude, chill

[@mrselfrog]

The thing with the boys was in the 90s. I wonder if the Bin Ladin headline was also in the 90s.

[@carbootstudios2459]

I would like to see how he would do a book about the Nome King.

[@pastorphiliptrent]

How about he makes up his own world and characters and stops messing with Baum’s work altogether!!!!

[@carbootstudios2459]

@@pastorphiliptrent
Chill mate