Witch Hunt

Tortured, Burned, Put to Death. Their Crime? ‘Sorcery.’ https://lnkd.in/dVtKv89R

We interviewed the authors of Wicked: A Musical Biography and Witch Fulfillment. Find out what we learned about Wicked and witch representation in entertainment. Witchcraft and Stagecraft: Unmasking Wicked's Magic with Paul Laird and Jane Barnette https://lnkd.in/gpSpqemm

"My name is Paul Laird. I'm a professor emeritus of musicology at the University of Kansas. . . I've worked extensively on the music and works of Stephen Schwartz. Two, I wrote two books about it. One of them was on Wicked and the other was on Schwartz's other works with a tiny little chapter on Wicked, referring them to the larger study. I've interviewed Stephen Schwartz a number of times, and I've done a great deal of other publishing on other aspects of musical theater." Paul Laird https://lnkd.in/gpSpqemm

"I was given just reams of material on the writing of Wicked, so it turned into a single book. It was called Wicked: A Musical Biography. It came out in 2011 from Ramon and Littlefield. And, three years later, I published a book on the musical theater of Stephen Schwartz. These were based upon extensive interviews with Schwartz and people that he worked with, various collaborators. In reference to Wicked, I also spoke to Winnie Holzman, the woman who wrote the, book of Wicked. I spoke to Stephen Ramos, who was the music supervisor. I spoke to William David Brohn, who was the, orchestrator, along with a few other people." Paul Laird https://lnkd.in/gpSpqemm

"My name's Jane Barnette, and I'm a professor of theater and dance at the University of Kansas. My area of expertise is adaptation dramaturgy, and I have recently written a book called Witch Fulfillment, which is about the wishes we fulfill when we put witch characters on stage. And a couple of those chapters specifically reference Wicked." Witchcraft and Stagecraft: Unmasking Wicked's Magic with Paul Laird and Jane Barnette https://lnkd.in/gGhueQdt

"You're exploding Wicked when you're bringing it to a screen." Paul Laird, author of Wicked: A Musical Biography from "Witchcraft and Stagecraft: Unmasking Wicked's Magic with Paul Laird and Jane Barnette" https://lnkd.in/gGhueQdt

"People are using the body parts of people with albinism to perform ritual and that is causing mayhem or causing people with albinism to lose their lives, because of other people beliefs. People believe that they will use our body parts to create riches and wealth. And how can you use the life of a human being to, for your own selfish gain just because you believe that those parts will give you wealth? That's witchcraft. That's harmful practices." On Protecting Persons with Albinism with Jay Mohammed Osman Kamara https://lnkd.in/gWdMNg2D

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"You hear Morrible's voice all over Oz and they show it at Shiz. They show it in the Emerald City. People, there's pandemonium. People are running in the streets in panic because, oh, the Wicked Witch is coming. Like suddenly there's a Wicked Witch. There hasn't been a Wicked Witch before, as far as we know. And now there is one and she's the great enemy. And oh, by the way, she's green." Wicked Movie: The Making of a Witch | Witch Hunt https://lnkd.in/gnussahP

?? "I almost cried." From magical choreography to uncomfortable parallels with real-world witch hunts, our latest episode examines how #Wicked portrays witchcraft, persecution, and power. Join us for a deep dive into Oz! https://buff.ly/4918OOl #WitchHunt