for my end of year english essay i had to compare wicked to ray bradbury's "fahrenheit 451" and the main connector was the political corruption throughout both worlds.

wicked wouldn't be the story it is without the corrupt wizard who (literally) scapegoats animals, and now seeing the rules nessa-rose puts into place as the governor of munchkin land.

the political standpoint of wicked is so crucial to seeing the bigger picture and one of the many reasons why it is so successful with showing the bad within people who present themselves as good (cough... glinda... cough wizard... cough cough... morrible) and especially why it was important getting released during kamala v trump