Why Wicked Author Gave Elphaba Last Name Thropp

It’s fair to say that evil We’ve had a bit of a moment in the last few months thanks to the adaptation of the film released in November starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Eribo. Before the film, this story was probably best known for its stage show, but you might be surprised to learn that it is not of actual origin.

in fact, The evil one The roots actually date back to the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire Evil Things: The Life and Era of the Evil Witch of the WestThis was inspired by the 1900 book by L. Frank Baum, The Great Wizard of Ozand its famous 1939 film adaptation.

Luckily, Gregory took part in “writing.” evil“On Sunday, the Broadway Con panel, where he generically shared insights about his process when writing the book. Gregory was joined by Winnie Holtzmann. evil I co-written two films.

Winnie detailed the details that later changed Glinda’s last name when he adopted Gregory’s book. Because he gave her a “long name” in the novel, and she wanted something “a little short” like Elphaba, whose last name is sloping. She offered the pleasant fact that she settled down in “Upland” for Glinda in honor of Gregory.

In return of his favor, Gregory explained why he chose “slop” to be Elphaba’s last name. He told the crowd:

Of course, this is a reference to the death in the story of Elphaba’s sister Nessarose, and the brutal reality of Gregory’s thought process. evil When his quote surfaced in X, fans absolutely monkey aggled monkey aggled. evil Update your account I’ll tweet about what the author said, alone I wrote it: “I just threw it on my lap.”

But Gregory isn’t all suspension. He also became serious, looking back at the deeper philosophy behind it. evil While sharing the influence, he hoped his books and musicals had to have to the audience. He states: , whether it’s a novel or not – what brings us to us is to remind us of how little time we have to do well in our lives. ”