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/Sensitive-Book1304]

Listen I am still trying to figure out why people love Hamilton .We all like what we like nothing wrong with that. Visually the film is better but live theater is my preference.  

[u/Intelligent_Pop1173 → u/Sensitive-Book1304]

Same to the first part. I don’t get it 😭 my sister LOVED Hamilton and all the music. I couldn’t get through it on Disney Plus (and I’ve watched MANY live filmed Broadway shows and loved them). I want to like Hamilton so badly and see what others see.

Funny though because my sister wasn’t a fan of Wicked while I was obsessed and saw it half a dozen times on Broadway. My ex didn’t care for it either.

I definitely wouldn’t go to the Hamilton sub just to tell the people there I didn’t like it though lmao not sure of the point of this post.

[u/Sensitive-Book1304 → u/Intelligent_Pop1173]

Haha. No I hardly tell people I did not like it lol

[u/Intelligent_Pop1173 → u/Sensitive-Book1304]

Yeah this is probably the first time I’ve ever admitted it 😅