Priests ‘spit and roast’, date rape drugs and have sex with TIGER – the twisted non-PG story behind hit Wicked

THIS year’s most anticipated blockbuster, Wicked, has wowed the world with its superstar cast and captivating script.

But behind very popular movie musical is a dark and disturbing graphic novel that will shock millions because it includes rape. racismbestiality, cannibalism, orgies and even child murder.

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Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz It was first published in 1995 by Gregory Maguire, but eight years later it underwent a major revision and became the delicious musical that opened on Broadway.

But after reading the book, The Sun can reveal all the shocking twists and turns that have almost been erased from the pristine book. theatre And cinematic versions.

Reviving the pop feeling Ariana Grande And British actress Cynthia Erivo and one was given PG ratingHe referred only to “mild threats and discrimination.”

And it’s already proving to be a blockbuster success, grossing almost twice as much. Gladiator II -most US box office after both were released in the US on Friday.

The novel was conceived as a prequel to 1939. film The Wizard of Oz is a family favorite, but the book is anything but that.

TikTok user Eryn Kieffer, who recently read the book, said: “Trigger alert for everything. If you can think of it, it’s here.

“My main issue is that this is not for kids. It’s really, really not for kids. The musical is totally fine for kids. I can’t say that this book is definitely that.

It is shaped around Cynthia’s character Elphaba, who takes her name from the initials of L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and even the introduction of this character into the book is full of scandals.

The film suggests that his skin color is green because his mother drinks green alcohol before sexThe real reason is much darker.

Instead, Elphaba’s mother, Melena, is given the date rape drug and is sexually assaulted by a stranger.

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When he was born, his mother hated him so much that she considered killing him multiple times and then spent years abusing and neglecting him.

At one point she says to the baby: “Should we go to the lake today, maybe you’ll drown?

“Maybe we’ll get in a boat and tip it over.”

Even the midwives who delivered the baby and discussed at length whether he was a “hermaphrodite” are disgusted by him and talk about killing him before the baby bites off one of his fingers.

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Cannibalism and sex clubs

Strangely, her mother has another affair with a man who eventually forms a group with her and her pastor husband.

But even away from the main plot there are many offensive and shocking scenes.

I would say my jaw was on the floor many times during the first 10 to 20 percent. I didn’t expect it to be this impressive.

Content creator Sara Ribeiro

In the first few pages, a priest is skewered, cooked on a spit, and eaten.

Later, in descriptions too explicit to go into detail, a strange puppet show describes a mother and daughter having sex with a man at the same time.

Later, another character’s skin is described in a disgustingly racist way as being “the color of shit.”

As in the musical and the movie, most of the story revolves around Elphaba growing up and attending Shiz University, where she meets Galinda, whose name is later changed to Glinda, played by Ariana in the film.

However, while the blockbuster film sees them going for a tame dance, the book shows the students visiting a disgusting BDSM sex club.

In one passage, a dwarf is seen being tied to a tiger while the tiger has sex with a naked woman while people sit around and watch.

Child marriage

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Although sex is never mentioned in the movie, Elphaba herself appears in suggestive scenes in the original book.

At one point, she and her crush Fiyero give each other sensual massages with oil before she says he “pulls her deeper than ever.”

This is despite the fact that Fiyero, played by Jonathan Bailey in the film, is a child groom who was married off at the age of seven.

Now people are starting to rediscover the book and are amazed by what they read.

Content creator Sara Ribeiro said she loved the theater show and listened to the soundtrack for years, but when she picked up the book this year, she couldn’t believe what she read.

He explained: “It ended up being a lot darker than I thought it would be. I would say my jaw was on the floor many times in the first 10 to 20 percent. I wasn’t expecting it to be so… graphic.”

A reader is open review The website thestorygraph.com said: “I sympathize with the writers of the musical who had to take this source material and turn it into a musical with a happy ending.”

Writer Gregory Maguire said he was pleased with the results despite major changes made to turn it into a popular stage show that has run for more than two decades.

A few years after her book was published, American composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz approached her with the idea of ​​turning it into a walking musical.

Gregory recalled: “I came home and said to myself: ‘I’ll let this happen, I don’t care about the money. ‘This is much more in line with why I wrote the book than any of the movie scripts I’ve read about Wicked so far.’”

Referring to Stephen and the screenwriter, he continued: “I am very pleased with the way Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz told the story.

“The story choices they chose to make were efficient, economical, and narratively sensible, and I completely applaud that. “The play is in some ways a little less subtle than the novel.”

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However, things could have been very different in the film adaptation.

he explained Demi Moore He was initially interested in bringing it to the big screen without the songs, although the plans fell through.

Speaking in 2020, he said: “When the book was published it was almost immediately optioned by Demi Moore and a production company she runs, which has a relationship with Universal, and it had a chance of becoming a big-budget film almost immediately, but the film was never fully finalized.

Now, with the release of the movie, Wicked has become a phenomenon.

There are more than 60 brand collaborations with Lego worldwide. StarbucksCrocs, Space, SAMSUNG and much more; all erase the story’s dangerous origins.

Next November, Wicked: Part 2 will be released to combine the two-part game, following the excitement of the end of Part 1.

But don’t expect to see any sex. drugs and the chaos of the book in that movie.