Who was the Depraved Witch of the West earlier than Dorothy dropped in? The upcoming Depraved movie will share that with the world subsequent month. Within the meantime, Common has given us a glimpse with a Depraved film Elphaba characteristic. A lot of its content material has been seen in earlier trailers and spots, however with a universe as lush and detailed as Oz, there’s at all times one thing to search out past the Yellow Brick Street.
Emerald Metropolis easter eggs noticed in ‘Depraved’ film Elphaba characteristic
We’ve seen Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) within the attic of the Emerald Metropolis palace earlier than, however a seemingly new shot reveals a lot of particulars regarding the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) and presumably different components of the story. As one would count on, the attic seems to be a storage place for the Wizard. On the far proper and within the again close to Elphaba, we see suitcases and trunks with fading phrases on them. These are cleverly positioned references to the Wizard pre-Oz, who was as soon as referred to as Oscar Diggs from Omaha, Nebraska.
On the far left seems to be some type of gigantic high hat. So far as we are able to keep in mind, we haven’t seen something like that within the Depraved film previews thus far, however may it’s from one other scene within the film? Followers of the stage musical might even see it and consider the musical quantity “One Brief Day,” wherein Glinda and Elphaba journey to the Emerald Metropolis and see all of the sights, together with some fairly comical characters with large heads and ostentatious equipment.
Final however not least, is what appears like a wood horse on the correct facet close to Glinda. Within the Broadway musical, horses don’t have a presence, however they do in The Wizard of Oz 1939 movie and — based mostly on Fiyero’s character poster — within the Depraved movie. Within the 1939 MGM Wizard of Oz movie, there’s what’s referred to as “Horse of a Totally different Coloration,” which seems within the first Emerald Metropolis scenes within the film. It’s named for its capability to alter colours. May there be a connection to Fiyero’s blue horse there? We’ve by no means been to this iteration of Ouncesbefore, however the shoe appears prefer it suits.
“One thing dangerous is occurring in Oz.”
Elphaba mentioned it loud and clear. The previous few Depraved featurettes have been making it more and more clear that there are critical issues in Ouncesthat Elphaba particularly feels the necessity to deal with. Within the “Celebrating Depraved” characteristic, Physician Dillamond (Peter Dinklage) shared that the Ozian animals are at risk. Now this Depraved film Elphaba characteristic lets it’s recognized that “One thing dangerous is occurring in Oz.” And it’s no coincidence that the clip seems with the adjective “heroic.” That brings us to the characteristic’s overarching theme of who Elphaba was earlier than she was referred to as depraved.
Depraved Witch vs. Good Witch
Symbolism and literary gadgets might be discovered all around the Depraved and Wizard of Oz universe, and the witches themselves aren’t any exception. This new Depraved film Elphaba characteristic parallels the identical format because the Glinda featurette launched final month. It references being “good” and describes the Elphaba with sturdy, singular adjectives, demonstrated with clips from the movie. This is a wonderful technique to keep the model consistency of Depraved whereas displaying that the witches might be in contrast and never simply contrasted or opposed.
Elphaba’s signature shade is inexperienced whereas Glinda’s is pink. Scientifically talking when it comes to mild, pink is the absence of inexperienced. One is in the end deemed depraved whereas the opposite is nice. However the brand new Elphaba spot exhibits that she is and at all times has been greater than that — if depraved is correct in any respect…
Watch the brand new Elphaba spot right here:
Depraved hits theaters Friday, Nov. 22.
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