"Defying Gravity" 5:07 (entry no.43)

 First entry of the year! Woot woot. I guess I'll start things off with a little life update. My three weeks off of school has officially ended but this last week came by flying. Unfortunately, I caught a cold on Thursday night so I'm trying not to panic about going into work later today feeling like someone ran me over. I'm also currently trying not to panic that I'm back at school starting Monday. Which means that starting Monday I will start going to school five days a week rather than the three days I am used to. We'll see how it goes, the goal is still April and it keeps coming closer, one day at a time... This is supposed to be the part where I write smooth transition that allows me to segue into the next topic. However, my nose is so stuffed up that it feels like it's stuffed up my brain so I'll just start a new paragraph.

Wicked (Part 1)! Unless you're living under a rock you've probably heard of this movie. And although I've talked about the main song of the musical "Defying Gravity" quite a bit, I don't think I've properly explained my fascination around this musical and it's story. Although the play has been around for over 20 years, my fascination with it and the original Broadway production started about a year ago. I kept hearing the lyrics of "Popular" all over Instagram. Then curiosity got the better of me and I decided to give the full song a listen along with "Defying Gravity" since it's the most popular song in the show (pun very much intended).

This led to me staying up late at night watching fan-cams of exceptionally poor quality of the live original Broadway production. As a result, I was both very excited and very anxious when part one of the movie version was released on November 22nd. I actually went to see it in theatres on it's release day even though I worked til 9:30 pm. I was on my lunch break with one of my best friends and next thing I knew I was purchasing three tickets, one for me, her, and my sister for 10:30 pm at a theatre 30 minutes away in Woodbridge. Keeping all this in mind and the fact that the movie is nearly three hours long, we got home around 2 in the morning, but I regretted absolutely nothing. 

The makers of this movie did such a good job at honoring the original while elevating the story for cinema. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Ervio disappeared into the roles of Elphaba and Glinda and made them their own. The set design, the costumes, the singing live. Oh my goodness! The singing live! The dance at the Ozdust had me sobbing along with Cynthia's rendition of "Defying Gravity". She's got such a powerful voice that it's hard not to get emotional. If you don't believe me then you gotta search up her rendition of "I'm Here" from the Broadway musical "The Color Purple", she truly is spectacular. What I'm basically saying is "everyone deserves a chance to fly" so do yourself a favor and watch the movie if you haven't already.

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