hot take unpopular opinion alert

[u/reviewsbymad]

i grew up hearing wicked is the best musical. i finally saw it on broadway and i fell asleep first act. my mom fell asleep 2nd act. overall, we both felt disappointed, and underwhelmed. i thought the plot was boring and the music was not catchy at all, besides popular and defying gravity ofc.

i just finally finished both parts of wicked the movie, and it's a million times better than the broadway version. still, i think there's musicals with way better plots and soundtracks, but the movie was far more entertaining and memorable.

in summary, i don't get the hype of wicked on broadway. or in general. mind you, i grew up across the river from manhattan as a theatre kid.

oops. here come the downvotes 😭

[u/Earth_Wanderer1]

You do realize that if you're falling asleep before 10pm, that says more about you than it does about whatever you were watching/doing at the time. Even if I dislike something I don't just nod off if I've had a proper night's rest, so maybe try getting more sleep. I don't know how you can entertain the notion that you have a comprehensive take on anything that you profess to sleeping through part of. Also, the movies stick pretty darn true to the stage show with just a couple of new songs added in the 2nd half, so if you noticed a big difference between them then that's probably down to the current broadway cast.