All the glowing posts I’m seeing about Wicked almost make me want to go see it in the theater, because I really, really want to see it… but I’d so rather get to just stream it at home than deal with theater schedules, blaring ads before the movie, wearing a mask, etc. etc.
Okay, I folded and got tickets for my family to see Wicked on Sunday evening.
I used to want this movie so badly. I wanted it for so long that I stopped believing it would ever happen, or that if it did it would be any good… and then I stopped even listening to the soundtrack…
I told myself the soundtrack was just too much variation in volume and I was tired of it. But I think, maybe I actually stopped listening because it hurt too much wanting to see it again and missing it and wishing for the movie.
I am gonna be a mess watching this movie.
Even just playing the Broadway soundtrack for my younger kid who doesn’t really know it, I’m already feeling overwhelmed by how much I love this musical and how desperately I’ve wanted a movie that would let me see it over and over again.
I can’t make it to Wicked until Sunday evening, so I’ve started listening to Ariana Grande for the first time, starting with Sweetener. It’s not really my style of music, but also, I can be really, really particular about music, and I’m managing to listen to it. So, that’s good.