With Elphaba's assistance, he worked on an "Extract of Biological Intention" as the basis of his proof. Dillamond wanted to prove that Animal and human consciousness were on the same level in order to discourage discrimination. The Wizard's regime confiscated property owned by Animals in order to finance the building of the Yellow Brick Road to unite the country, among other issues.ĭr. Schwartz and bookwriter Winnie Holzman looked at the conflict Gregory Maguire had cooked up with regard to Animals. As in the novel he was a biology teacher. Through his personality and costume, the Goat could add to the fantasy dimension as well as the political themes, and serve as a catalyst for Elphaba's transformation. Dillimond was a colorful character for a musical. Maguire's Animals (which he distinguished from animals - lowercase a) were highly conscious beings whose societal conflicts included travel restrictions, and various other forms of discrimination. He would place the newly discovered distinguished Goat as a professor at Shiz where he would become a focal point of Elphaba's future break with the status quo. Maguire had invented a class of creatures who would be the oppressed in Oz in various ways. But the laws still allow my traveling in first class, I presume?" "Oh," said the Goat, "I object to the term beast. The conductor punched the Goat's ticket and said, "You're a rare beast that can afford to travel first class." When he spoke, it was about Animal rights.
Dillamond, therefore, introduced himself to me at the same moment that he introduced himself to Galinda. "I gulped to realize that 'the old goat' wasn't a dreary older gentlemen with crumbs in his beard, but a real goat, and he was going to wake up and speak. The next morning he reentered his Oz-world by reading what he'd written the previous day. The writer himself was ready to rest, and paused for the day at the end of that paragraph. She was glad that trains made passengers sleepy." He wrote: "The old goat who sprawled on the seat across from her was missing the Wittica stop. The writer envisioned the scene with the conductor calling out stops and another passenger nearby. One day his teenage character Galinda boarded the train from her homeland to start a new phase of her life as a college student at Shiz University.
It all started with the novelist, Gregory Maguire, who made discoveries in his imagination as he wound his way into Oz.
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That is the biggest thing for us to solve-figuring how to do that without bogging the whole thing down."įrom the first draft, the conflict with the Animals was the part of the story designed to turn Elphaba against the Wizard. Frankly, we tried to get rid of it because it's confusing, but so much of the plot hinges on it so there is nothing that can be done. Refering to Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked that he was trying to adapt he said, "Well, there's a whole subplot in the book about talking Animals. The first thing Stephen Schwartz ever told me about Wicked, back in November of 2000, was how difficult the Animal puzzle was to solve. With comparisons between Wicked the Novel and Wicked the musical (originally published for The Schwartz Scene) (Read more about Wicked Costumes)Īnimals and the Story Behind "Something Bad" from Wicked This photo by Joan Marcus shows Idina Menzel as Elphaba with Goat professor Dr.
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Animals in Wicked and lyrics for "Something Bad"Īlso see the Wicked lyrics index page for full details
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