For my distant reading topic, I am going to look at Wicked, specifically differences in content/opinions from the musical to film adaptations. So, the seven texts I chose include reviews of the film and the musical, articles exploring the differences among these two adaptations, and a little bit on the impact of Wicked. This interests me because I saw the Wicked musical when I was young and loved it, and then the recent movie adaptations re-sparked my interest for this topic. These movies reminded me how much I loved the musical. I think that it will be interesting to look at differences among the musical and movies because the musical has been around forever, but the movies are pretty recent. I think this could have led to some modernization/changes, and this was likely met with mixed reactions. Since the movies were released in two separate installments, there was the opportunity to include more content in them, so it will be interesting to see what was added or changed, and how audiences felt about this. While I do have a fair amount of background knowledge on the content of the movies and musical, it has been a while since I’ve seen the actual musical, so I think I’ll enjoy reexploring some aspects of the musical. Additionally, I do not have much knowledge on critic reviews of these two adaptations, this isn’t something I’ve ever really looked into. I think that I’m going to find more positive reviews about the musical than the movies, since I do know that the second movie (Wicked: For Good) received a bit of hate. Overall, I am excited to dive deeper into this subject!
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