Costuming in Wicked

[jjoseph]

Let's face it; to the Dragon, St. George was a home invader.
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Be thus forewarned ...last time I looked...Ca-ching!

Yup, context and perspective can make all the difference. Good people can often believe bold faced lies if something does not lift them above a situation so they can see a larger picture. Unfortunately money, its abundance or its lack can often get in the way of that.

On a happier note, Hallmark video, believe it or not, has taken several faerie tales and retold them from alternative perspectives with varying degrees of success. Their production of "Jack" is a wonderful treatment of Jack and the Beanstalk. Vanessa Redgrave's monologues as the family matriarch sometimes narrator are essays on the nature of truth and myth.

Bringing it back on topic, are there any heroes (Paul Bunyan figures) whose kilts played a role it the story? I mean we have lots of myth figures whose attire defines them in some way.

[auld argonian]

Dredging this thread up because I went back to see Wicked again yesterday...we have an exchange student here with us and we figured that we'd treat her.

And my eyes were not deceiving me...there was a kilted young man in the early segment of the show that deals with Glinda and Elphaba's time at school...the character showd up in the "Dancing Through Life" number as well.

Now kilted is a relative term here...not tartan but sort of a witch's guards sort of look...vaguely cossack-like but certainly a belted kilt-type garment.

We noticed that the costuming has changed here and there since the first time we saw the show...either the designers are enjoying the luxury of haveing a successful show to experiment in or the wear and tear on the costumes have made it necessary to cut and paste bits and pieces together to create new costumes as the chorus members come and go...interesting.

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[GMan]

That's funny, when Wicked was here I did not notice a Kilt, yet that may not mean anything, as I was trying to see how the dialog went with the book. (Pretty right on if you ask me)