Wicked's Messy Promotional Campaign

[@jazzycat8917]

Ethan Slater being almost entirely cut out of the promo for this film has been so goddamn funny. He's supposed to be the comic relief of this movie and press tour, the quirky likeable funny guy, he's SPONGEBOB. He's the dude they would normally want for viral soundbites, tiktoks, stories of on-set tomfoolery, memes and some dumb one liner to put in the trailer. But because he's half of this shitshow cheating scandal, and they can't very well ice Glinda herself out of the press your, he's jsut fcking nowhere to be seen lol

[@patiencekillz]

it’s so funny that he and ariana have been completely separated in interviews

[@kinetickell]

bro, is he humiliated? Scared? Who knows, but goddamn this is a mess.

[@n3vertheless.]

i don’t think most people realize that boq as a character isn’t in wicked as much as elphaba, glinda, and fiyero 😭 neither is nessa & marissa bode isn’t exactly a huge part of the promo, yk what i mean?

[@Moocow2003]

yeah but the fact that he's in None of it? woof..

[@gab.bee123]

it's hilarious, and there's no way anyone isn't aware so i genuinely wonder how he and ari can keep on keeping-on like nothing is wrong (besides just you know... being good actors who can hide it) because nonstop public dragging like this has to cause some amount of shame

[@Lex-the-starship-ranger]

“Leah Michele would’ve said yes as soon as she- as soon as someone else read her the offer”

[@propogandalf]

That was too funny. I forgot that rumor, it's probably not true but it's funny.

[@coatimundi69]

​@@propogandalf my favorite contribution to this rumor has been when someone asked keke palmer if she heard of it and then if she had ever seen leah read anything on set, and keke actually sat and thought about it for a minute. her first response was "...well, but- she *has* to right?"

[@pkmntrainerlilly5]

I remember tracking the developments of "Wicked the Movie" in 2008. I stopped believing this would be a thing in 2013. I *will* be seeing this movie. That being said, when I see "pink and green" things paired together, I will think "oh, that's Cosmo and Wanda." There is no amount of advertising that Wicked could do to stop this from being the case.

[@TheNinjapancake14]

I think of the AKA sorority 😂

[@ambored24]

I think of watermelon lol

[@sprinkletragedy]

I mix and match my sneakers, so they're pink and green... I definitely got the Cosmo and Wanda comparison before and I don't even mind! It's just a good colour combo, haha

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

Thank goodness I'm not the only one who thought of them!😂

[@patiencekillz]

i don’t remember a time in my life when this movie wasn’t being promoted

[@ferrancalaf1465]

I dont even care bout it

[@SamRK-1000]

I was born in 2006 and could feel the heavyhanded marketing for this forsaken musical film even as a fetus in me mum’s belly, it takes a HUGE advertising budget to be able to do that

[@eatatjoe]

@@SamRK-1000 1995. This movie concept has haunted me ever since the musical first opened.

[@ce_982]

i love your michael and tori pfp

[@ryanb4940]

@@eatatjoe….?? The musical opened 2003…

[@tatumsoward6117]

"this movie is only for rich people" sums up my feelings for the marketing. it feels like the team is aiming for pintrest board inspo or "owning this would heal me" tweets with the brand deals. hence, all the luxury brands. which is probably why the marketing is so annoying to me because i neither can afford or care for luxury products.

[@MoMo-rx4zr]

That, and the fact that Wicked isn’t as accessible as Barbie, so as someone who only saw their first Broadway play as a teen because of Lin Manuel’s partnership with LA Unified Schools, their references can only be the most well-known aspects, so they’ve just been slapping pink and green on things, but it doesn’t make as much sense as barbie pink. And unlike Barbie where most of the partnerships tie into a doll edition, Wicked has been seemingly random

[@elisakrivas]

​​@@MoMo-rx4zr the play is on KZbin for us poor people who were curious enough to watch it. I've never been to a Wicked play, yet I'm a huge fan who's read the book and watched the play online. So, it's quite accessible.

[@tatumsoward6117]

@MoMo-rx4zr you've touched on something completely separate that bothers me about the movie: the runtime. Part 1 is as long as the entire stageplay PLUS intermission (2h 40min).Since Part 2 is going to be feature length, we're looking at a MINIMUM total runtime of 4h 10min. More likely, we will have an ~5h runtime with Part 2 being 2h. That is a long time to pay attention to a movie. Like you said, theatrical performances are a privilege to witness because not everyone has a theatre in proximity or can afford tickets. Theatre fans push for these movie adaptations because they eliminate these barriers, being cheaper and more accessible. By ramping the runtime, they have reduced that accessibility because families and students are rarely going to commit 5h to a movie. And this bums me out in particular because hot take: I don't ***love*** the Wicked soundtrack. What makes Wicked amazing is the actual story, and I can't encourage people to see it because they just can't go to Broadway. Now I'll seem like an ass because they just can't spend 5h watching a movie. Everything from the messy marketing to the runtime just makes me tired. As of writing, the perliminary reviews are in, and the movie is amazing. But I don't see this movie being something that I watch again after seeing it in theatres, and that makes me sad.

[@InternetsPedestrian]

I am very aware this movie exists but I have no idea when it's actually coming out, its like a ghost haunting me "ahhahing" in my ear

[@Mel-jl8dt]

It's out on the 22 in the US 😅

[@madibaker255]

this is so funny. thank you for this imagery 😭

[@KMFerguson]

For anyone who thinks singing live while making a movie is the natural choice, please go watch Sideways's video about why the Les Mis movie music was bad. Yes, broadway stars sing 8 days a week. They are, however, not singing for 8 to 12 hours day after day to record one good take.

[@hauntedsunsets]

literally I thought about that the MOMENT it was mentioned, theater environments are MEANT for that live singing! movie sets are not! please god no don't do this! don't normalize it!

[@bonk895]

I think it's also that they are, yk, real singers ((theatre actors that have history singing live and in that way of singing)) versus actors who don't normally sing who are now singing live along with not following the musical super closely ((as in, they actually improvised a lot and had very harrowing scenes))

[@tj2375]

In the final movie the singing will be a studio recording mix, not whatever singing they've done on the soundstage. It's always like that. This is just marketing like all films now say they don't have cgi when they've cgi in every scene.

[@showersinger38]

Singing live in movie musicals is actually the more unusual/bold choice. Especially after Les Mis did it and everyone said it sounded bad. Just fyi

[@gabrielcastaneda9700]

Anne Hathaway won her Oscar for it

[@renataaristimuno5269]

@@gabrielcastaneda9700​​⁠​⁠​⁠deservedly so, but the movie’s overall sound design (for singing and otherwise) and editing launched it into uncanny-valley territory. it was weirdly obsessed with feeling so realistic, it didn’t work for it being a musical at all

[@whoknows6403]

I could be wrong, but I think that for the actual movie itself in production the vocals were edited in the studio, I believe that they just sung it live while performing the scenes. Actually, some people who saw clips of the trailer and bits of the movie through promotions even commented that they wish the vocals were less autotuned.

[@firelordoregano5632]

it sounded bad when les mis did it because the director let the actors do whatever they wanted on the fly and had the orchestra follow along

[@willCaboutThat]

Or Cats 2019

[@zachsku]

I have a feeling the wicked movie marketing team saw the success of the Barbie movie campaign and just copied it. Not thinking about how Barbie was already a product. A very world renowned product at that. Wicked is not a product and also not as world renowned as us theatre kids think it is. Also the "Wicked x Lexus" ads are the first page in the November playbills.

[@JessieWeiss16]

“Ethan Slater, also known as SpongeBob, also known as really??? Him???” Harry pls 😭

[@michaeladkins6]

The new edition Pete Davidson.

[@pedroxqui]

Also, they did him dirty on the characterization, all the bacs are cute and simple, they gave him am asymmetrical perm haircut and the ugliest clothes from the cast

[@propogandalf]

​@@michaeladkins6Don't disgrace Pete like that

[@Lennon6412]

That Cynthia Erivo reaction to the poster was ridiculous

[@minirth.maggie]

Omg that was embarrassing

[@Elisa-006]

correction, it was a fan poster. I feel like I could understand her criticism of if it was official but seeing as it was literally just a fan edit her strong reaction was a bit too much.. I believe the same person who made the first „offensive” edit made another version where they removed the shadow over one of Elphaba’s eyes and it actually made a big difference and improved the mysteriousness

[@stuffroom979]

At least she seems embarrassed about it now 😅

[@Lennon6412]

@Elisa-006 correction? I wasn't incorrect, it was a poster 😂

[@sunny-gt7qw]

@@Elisa-006even if it was an official poster it would still be a ridiculous reaction. She has a major victim mentality

[@gab.bee123]

the kardashian viewing was just a hard miss like wth were they thinking the reaction would be? now, if they surprised a theater camp or a drama/arts school or something for kids and their families, that would've been smarter. especially when they want to market this as a holiday movie

[@anettas.1751]

I think the same. I was disgusted that they did the promo in the house of Kim who is known for a sex tape, a business marriage to crazy cult Kanye and Lou Taylor! The manager of Kim and Britney, who human trafficed Britney! You want to advertize a movie with this criminal disgusting people involved innthe advertizement? Yeah, than i am boycotting that movie!

[@hiboudeluxe]

From someone who has worked in movies, you don't generally sing live because it makes editing a nightmare. Also the conditions of a movie set are bad for recording singing, as they are generally not made to disperse sound in the same way as an auditorium or a theater. You also have a shit ton of machines going from the cameras, to the lights (which do buzz), to the fans they sometimes use to simulate wind. Singing live in a movie is great for the actor. It sucks ass for production and why it's not the standard, nor should it really be. it puts unnecessary stress on the actors and makes shooting and editing the thing pointlessly complex. I get it, y'all like it... you think it's more authentic or whatever. But as a person who has worked on sets and knows loads of folks in the movie industry, this way of making a musical is a logistical nightmare and wholly unnecessary. it also makes it harder for whoever is scoring the music because you can't use a click track. It's gonna be audible.

[@Joy-zp3bt]

Thank you!! I nearly yelled at my screen when he said it was “obvious”

[@GreetingsFromSpaceWhale]

ITS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT THE LES MISERABLES MOVIE IS SO BAD 😭

[@VampyBlood17]

Considering the fact that almost everyone who knows and loves musicals get to fall in love with them through studio cast recordings it seems like an odd choice to do live singing. Also why not let the actors do live singing on set for filming but also have studio recordings? It seems like it doesn’t take anything away from their performance but also lets the BTS people do their job more efficiently!

[@WafflePancakes1314]

@@VampyBlood17the op literally explained why singing live is a bad idea

[@amandakay8]

Yes but this set was specifically set up as a recording studio and mics are set in numerous locations including the actors. John Chu has talked in various interviews how they made this possible and how it was a level up experience

[@alexyssaubrie1606]

It’s crazy that there was a sock collab, but no one thought to do a black and white striped one?? Missed opportunity

[@Moocow2003]

it's kinda weird how much of the marketing for this movie seems to intentionally avoid referencing The Wizard Of Oz. im wondering whether they're saving it for part 2 or if they don't have the rights to the og movie

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

​@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 I saw that clip of her! And Mr Rogers was an absolute gem of a human being💎🫶

[@archivesunset4214]

that might be under copyright by the original MGM one so

[@lovingpeepsxoxo985]

@@Moocow2003yea bc of copyright. They don’t own the rights to certain stuff like ruby slippers

[@oof5196]

Somehow the marketing of Wicked feels like the marketing of the Shrek movies. Everything everywhere is green

[@honeybeebo]

when a movie has a main color, you gotta capitalize that color! Shrek green, Barbie pink, Sonic blue (a stretch but still)

[@RamonaGelosi]

brat

[@Meena1303]

By the way, Patrick Starrr and Jeffree Star are two different people with very different reputations

[@AM-tl1xi]

Was looking to see if someone had commented this! I wouldn’t pay 34 dollars for a gimmick brush but if Harry saw fude prices would fall on his ass. Heh, even mid tier nicer brushes are around that.

[@harryjamesmiller]

WHOOPS

[@DaniellaGuillano-bt8lf]

Patrick is a serial killer and peadophile.

[@stuffroom979]

LOL that's such a funny mixup

[@B-zk9bt]

When I first discovered them I thought they were married

[@callmeperch1369]

3:28 Road Work Ahead! I like your point here & Sideways does a great video about filming live singing for Les Mis that serves as a good counterpoint & advocates for prioritizing singer health over live singing when necessary

[@erobin93]

Good point! At the very least the leads (and idk how much of the rest of the cast) in this are experienced vocalists and one can only hope they weren’t doing takes of the same songs for 8 hours, unlike Les Mis

[@annalivingtv]

Yeah honestly i was thinking about Les Mis’ concerns over making the production impressive rather than successful and live singing is not always good or necessary 🥲

[@chelseaisbored]

0:52 “west side story is particularity impressive because they didn’t cast anyone as tony.” dude is the movie’s equivalent to raw milk istg 😭

[@TheUnofficialNinja]

7:48 re: "or did they DO something to these people?" personally i think this is just the natural consequence of being the type of person who would audition for Galinda in the first place

[@bluberrysoup]

Both a surprise Simon appearance and a surprise Jacob Wysocki?! Excellent video today. I fully guffawed at "as soon as she... as soon as someone reads it to her".

[@HelenaIsis616]

I’m not surprised Universal is going ham on the marketing. They really sh*t the bed with Cats and they really don’t want it to happen again.

[@elizabethpage_]

Excuse me its in TWO PARTS? This has made me infinitely less excited for this

[@HazelSageHP]

THIS! I wasn't super interested in it because I'm so over the incessant marketing of it, but I would have been willing to go if some friends of mine wanted to or had seen it and thought it was good because I really did enjoy the musical! But a 2 hour and 40 minute movie and they needed another one?? I'm not watching now out of protest!

[@Tiepobadaae]

​@HazelSageHP normally, I'd agree, but the musical has too long of a runtime for cinema. Theyd have to cut things out and the stage musical already cut out a HUGE amount. The 2nd half of the musical basically zooms through elphaba's rebellion so fast that you dont even actually see it. The movie will add back in what was cut, rather than adding in random new moments. So its not the same as the hobbit or twilight. At least thats what i heard. If im wrong, ill eat my words, but if not, then part 2 is warranted.

[@HazelSageHP]

@Tiepobadaae That's fair - there's definitely room to expand in act 2! I guess my real complaint isn't that it's two parts, it's that it is two parts with SUCH an extended run time for the first part already, you know? Two movies that were an hour and forty five, or even two hours each, I could understand, but this feels like a lot imo (though, since we don't know the runtime of the second movie, or at least I don't, this length may be less egregious than I think if the second is a more reasonable length I suppose). But it sounds like reviews are good so far, so I could absolutely be wrong! I'm still holding off on watching right now personally, but I really do hope the additions are substantive and really add to/flesh out the storyline rather than giving pointless padding out the runtime, if that makes sense! It's a great story and it deserves to be told to a wider audience, and I hope this does it justice

[@Tiepobadaae]

@HazelSageHP i actually agree that act one sounds too long. While the pacing in the stage act 2 was waayy too quick (like what do we even see elphaba do as a rebel leader), act 1 was mostly fine. It does concern me how long it is.

[@AveryDuguid]

Okay but it's really good

[@AlexaSmith]

I hope your brother gets that union contract

[@harryjamesmiller]

me too!

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

The *$ union fight's been amazing to watch, as an elder ex-barista. Bernie had so many of them on his channel on YT & I just loved their energy.

[@jehantiny_burn8869]

I know the stageplay is far cleaner than the book, but 10-year olds seeing Wicked still shocks me as someone who remembers more of the book (often very graphic) than the musical

[@dawnnn999]

Yes!! I read the book before watching the musical and was very disappointed at the things they cut out- although it made sense foe the stage production. I would love to see a movie based off of the book with all the more vulgar details.

[@emeraldknight22]

I am one of the people where constant marketing has made me not want to watch it.

[@DittoAPokemon]

The general public learning that Cynthia Erivo is immensely talented, like more talented than almost all people, so much talent you almost can’t believe it and also kind of an insufferable person has been my favorite part of this movie.

[@anettas.1751]

Yeah maybe. But she ruines it in the interviews with her cultish, narcissistic personality and creepy look.

[@vlogily8043]

If we’ve learned anything from Barbenheimer, everyone is waiting for a movie cultural event, we do enjoy cultural events at the Box office, Hollywood really doesn’t like giving us any lately or at least doesn’t get how to make them happen?

[@harryjamesmiller]

i'll see people here and there talking about a wicked/gladiator 2 double feature and i do wanna see both but those two movies have done even less than barbie & oppenheimer to promote each other

[@tatumsoward6117]

@@vlogily8043 Hollywood can't recreate Barbenheimer. That was by the people for the people.

[@That5uy]

Mike Faist and Rachel Zegler were so good WSS didn't even need Tony

[@harryjamesmiller]

i will never forgive the academy for snubbing mike faist!!!

[@ebeth7094]

12:10 for real! everything i’ve seen ab the bts of this movie has been peak theater behavior. it’s honestly very refreshing knowing that no matter the quality of the production, theater kid activities and behaviors will naturally occur

[@HilaSketchCat]

so sad that this video was filmed before you had the chance to hold space for the lyrics of defying gravity

[@deseuryderia]

them acting like it’s a brand new musical is actually hilarious 😭😭

[@anettas.1751]

😂😂😂

[@hikaboom]

“More of a flirt” with the vacuum cleaner was so funny for no reason 😭😭

[@BecxyBoo]

Does the marketing team not realize that the target audience can tell how lazy it is to just create a bunch of green and pink items, slap the word wicked on the packaging and markup the price by a lot? I want to see the film as I like the overall messages like accepting others regardless of there differences and people aren't born wicked they are created through there life experiences but I won't lie that the excessive products have made me less excited.

[@Diamondstar7851]

5:42 It's even funnier because Defying Gravity and Gusty Garden Galaxy are in the same key (Db).

[@demeepilar6044]

I think you're getting Patrick Starr and Jeffrey star Mixed up 😂

[@propogandalf]

Is Patrick Star not a cartoon character?

[@mycologyqueer]

​@@propogandalfPatrick Star is a SpongeBob character, Patrick Starr is a beauty guru (especially KZbin) who has his own makeup line!

[@janay018]

I ran it back and the account literally says Patrick Starr

[@cooolguy100]

5:13 I think the surprise was the Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth cameo

[@NotD-kp3by]

K with that hotel partnership that almost confimes my suspicion that there definitely will be a Wicked attraction of some kind. There's has to be right? Especially with that set

[@Joey-Sands]

Emerald city park at Universal?

[@NotD-kp3by]

@Joey-Sands probably but I wouldn't be surprised if they just flat out turned Shiz and Munchkin land to an attraction with the amount of money they put into the set

[@sillysnailguy]

they actually did do wicked lexuses 😭 pinely talked about it on his evil pinely channel

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

I love that Pinely's been talking up his Pickle Rick video again lately.

[@B-zk9bt]

Why are there two?

[@robotortoise]

I laughed extremely hard at the surprise Super Mario Galaxy leimotif at 5:42. Well played!

[@dealtrial151]

I actually disagree with what you're saying about singing on set. Many musical movies do a mix of live singing and studio singing (which I think is the best idea), live set singing can have a lot of draw backs (looking at you les mis movie), due to microphones the singing can often times be lacking or else they'll mess up the boom mic for that shot/they can't go full out due to fear of audio feedback . It can also tire the singers voices if they're doing a lot of singing back to back. I'm not saying thats what happened on the wicked set, but acting like all movie musicals should do live singing is really weird. edit: I would recommend the video 'Why the Music in Les Misérables (2012) is Worse than you Thought' if you want to see more on why the singing in that music sucks, it touches on the live singing problem.

[@sappho4828]

11:55 to date the most impactful and also traumatic relationship of my life was a six month friendship with a guy i did a musical with in high school :/ genuinely what is it about theatre kids

[@ellarienstarfire5849]

Incarnate the drama from the stage 😂

[@Natu014]

Between all the crying and fucking costars, it’s drama camp all over again

[@aquaintsound]

I love wicked. My concern is that it's rated PG. I'm tired of things in the Oz world being treated as for children through reducing the genuinely scary universe. Wicked concerns me even more because those books are not for kids yet the musical made a PG-13 version of the story work extremely well. Making it PG will come at a cost. Are they gonna remove songs like As Long as You're Mine? What about the attempts to genocide talking animals? (Which i would argue fits very well with The Wizard's list of horrible crimes that he's done both in the original Oz series and the Wicked series).

[@jonathansendker7871]

Come on dude, the original book is a classic children’s book. Why are you complaining?

[@stuffroom979]

"i should have called my friends instead of making an Instagram story post" is actually such a real and honest reflection i can't fault her lol

[@lulacrazygirl7]

Regular person: What a well-rounded and reasonable video about unwavering excitement for a movie despite some odd buzz around it. Me: ....where can I get that keyboard with extra loud clickity-clack?

[@_holy__ghost]

try a basic mechanical keyboard and see if u like it!

[@its_me_valerie]

People who collect Stanley cups specifically MUST have it in every shade of pink

[@peppermintfables]

I find this video and the comments so fascinating bc apparently im the only person that didnt know this movie was coming out until like 3 days ago. Thank you to whoever was watching all the promos that should have gone to me

[@toastyteesty]

the double use of the "kardashians only for rich people" bit was chefs kiss

[@rozirendevous3073]

cat butt spotted at 6:33

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

Tail cameo with a little wink from the bottom *

[@cloudstation9]

the way some of the merch are probably gonna end up in the off the rack stores and landfills 😞

[@romywhite290]

RE: Singing Live To quote the 2013 Tony Awards Opening Number "We don't need extreme close ups to prove we're singing live. We sing live 8 shows a week." (RE the press about the Tom Hooper Les Mis Live Singing press) ALSO Most movie musicals have them singing live along to recorded tracks for synchronization. At least Rent did. It's also notable why the film Over the Moon sounds different from the Movie Soundtrack.

[@romywhite290]

The Wicked Fan Poster was so toxic because it called out a fan for doing something relatively harmless, specifically because Cynthia posted just a fan page not the artist. This puts undue pressure on just some person on the Internet who doesn't have a PR team. Sidenote, I do wish more mainstream movie posters were stylized art. Like how the OG Star Wars posters were drawings of the characters faces. The AI fight thing is weird. And yeah, I might have seen it but the promo taking about a Year? Ugh. Please. You're overwhelming me. It's like Presidential campaigns taking longer and longer, something we won't have to deal with anymore.

[@DittoAPokemon]

I don’t think Taylor Louderman was necessarily saying they only cast Ariana because she’s a popstar, she very easily could’ve been saying that they cast to incredibly talented women and so why would she think she has a chance against them? Ariana was clearly cast both because she is talented, we can see in the promos that she is a really fabulous Galinda, I don’t think she would’ve been considered at all if she couldn’t actually do the role but there are lots of Broadway performers that are just as talented as Ariana, and she beat them out because she’s Ariana Grande and she was going to bring in tickets.

[@horses529]

Listen, when I heard we could have had Dove Cameron as Glinda, I became incredibly upset. Ariana is a garbage person and I HATE that she was cast as Glinda.

[@ellarienstarfire5849]

She sings well enough. We could have a Lea Michelle also😂

[@ValentineValmadre]

I know Renee Rapp’s voice isn’t a perfect fit for Glinda, but she would have nailed the characterisation in the acting.

[@Natu014]

@@ValentineValmadre eh I can totally see dove Cameron can’t see Renee rapp at all. I could actually see dove Cameron as elphaba too

[@archivesunset4214]

dove cameron doesnt not have the vocals to carry that role AT ALL.😭

[@hexedcupid]

@@archivesunset4214right like i love dove n am not a fan of ari at all (she fucking sucks), but let’s not kid ourselves here 😭

[@Kam_i_]

Is it just me who thinks Ariana isn’t a good choice for Galinda simply because of her reputation? Like the entire point of the show is close female friendship, and she’s literally known as “not a girl’s girl” lol

[@8bitky43]

I feel like she just doesnt fit Glinda's essence. She has the range but i think Amanda Seyfriend wouldve been a better fit personality and stage presence wise. Ari looks washed out and sickly as Glinda, and to be very frankly honest, her surgeries make all her facial expressions look like shes confused and concerned all the time so her acting feels very flat. Amanda wouldve pulled off the blonde and pink like a Barbie and wouldve been a warmer/bubblier presence imo.

[@HamtaroWarriors]

I find it funny people forgot Arianna got her start IN acting. She starred in tv, but was a theater kid too.

[@meliizq]

I just love that at your core you’re just a theater nerd that’s also a commentary KZbinr and I love that so much cause it’s the crossover niche that I’ve always needed ❤

[@lyss.n.wndrlnd]

11:24 I think the highlighted lyrics are referring to the Ethan and Ariana sharing beds during filming with the other guy and other girl being their spouses when they stayed for visits. “Now she’s (Lily) in my bed” and “now he’s (Dalton) in your bed”

[@roguerake]

The stapler and the vacuum bit killed me 😂

[@alaina932]

This man actually cut a Reese’s and put it into the video to illustrate his analogy of Ariana Grande and I’m here for it.

[@sorchacrabhan5937]

God as a spiderverse fan the SECOND I heard "march 2024" i knew what was coming. To be fair, none of my mutuals THOUGHT it was happening then but we wanted it to be true...

[@EddieDA]

Patrick Starr is not Jeffree Star Patrick Starr is not Jeffree Star Patrick Starr is not Jeffree Star Patrick Starr is not Jeffree Star. This was a great video, you genuinely made me laugh so hard.

[@ginger_nspice]

I'm pretty sure that the cringey article with Wicked lyrics was written by ChatGPT.

[@Hideybee]

I was not expecting to hear a defying gravity riff that is just one of the songs from Mario Galaxy tonight 😂😂

[@adeline.is.sleepy]

bring back trailers that don't fucking tell you anything

[@thisnightsrevels9605]

4:50 I mean a perfectly placed advertisement feels apt

[@whooah]

I am not seeing this movie because Cynthia Erivo has said very horrible things about black American women but still plays our heroes like Aretha and Harriet Tubman. I despise her, personally

[@sickleds]

I don't know anything about theater or musicals so I needed your guidance, thank you king 🙏🙏 EDIT: I had no fucking idea how many tie in merch collabs there was with this movie what the hell LMFAOOOO

[@Snakejorts]

Sometimes I accidentally hang up really quickly at work and I get so scared that people have this reaction 😅

[@danielleblanc4660]

Singing live on set didn’t help phantom of the Opera, Les Mis, and Cats

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

Well...time for my monthly Lindsay Ellis watch on Phantom I guess. I swear every time Phantom gets mentioned I go watch her 2 videos about the bad film & the weird sequel..."10 YEARS OOOOOOOOOOOOON..." no, it's starting already😭

[@notoriousgib5032]

harry, you are so very funny, you have made me laugh an abundance of times with dryly delivered one-liners, i love your work, keep it going king

[@firelordoregano5632]

GUSTY GARDEN GALAXY JUMPSCARE !!

[@JessiQuinn]

im bracing myself to be disappointed bc i've been disappointed by SO many adaptations over my lifetime, but i got goosebumps when i read the positive reviews you put on screen. i love ariana grande--mostly as a lesbian and as a huge fan of 13!--so i had also been a bit nervous because i don't want her performance to make me sad. ive seen lots of theatre people genuinely excited for this, so i'm starting to actually look forward to seeing it on Friday

[@Rosiewithfootprints]

Being trauma bonded means feeling connected to your abuser, like Stockholm Syndrome! It's a word that exists to explain why it's not easy to leave an abusive relationship, for example. People bonding through an audition process is not trauma bonding, it's just bonding! Sharing an intense experience with other people is not in itself a bad thing at all, it's just having a shared experience

[@sillysnailguy]

also i really like ur frog plushie . hes a nice little guy

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

11/10 Harry's background. For me I love that pigeon art.

[@sillysnailguy]

@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 excellent taste

[@lexinerd16]

Idk if I've ever been this early, I didn't know I needed your opinion on this so bad xD

[@KyleRDent]

Lexus made a Van Gogh car. Would not surprise me if they made a pink and green one.

[@Bored_Barbarian]

8:20 she’s literally racist with her black fishing and Asian fishing.

[@toril2160]

15:15 barrel of the camera has me dead

[@kmac2004]

i'm the guy who would've seen the movie but has now seen far too much promo for it and thus said ok never mind. so yeah that is happening lol

[@ninagourley4516]

I think a lot of the wicked products being sold are tailored specifically for the movie. Like the butterfly on the Stanley cup, there was an interview with a designer for the movie who talked about the inclusion of butterflies as sort of a symbol for Glinda. That purple sock is the same color as Galinda’s school uniform in the movie but not the stage production.

[@bunk-o2495]

I have seen like zero advertising for this movie, thus video had to remind me it exists, which just speaks to the testament to how everyone's internets exist on functionally different planets lol

[@indirio5201]

Cynthias thing about the poster irritated me so much tho

[@vivivalley]

i think she was just already stressed out and that was a weak moment. she even said she shouldnt have posted it

[@indirio5201]

@ oh I didn’t see that tbh. I’m still excited for the movie. 😄

[@izznt]

I don't wanna risk pissing off cynthia so I won't see it. Idk when she's gonna decide her being green at all makes every watcher of the movie fucking racist . I'll never get over that I feel so bad for the theatre fan who made that improvement edit. I wouldn't be able to love a musical I loved if an actress about to be in it LLLAAAASSHED ME LIVE fuck that I'd never recover

[@blackosprey2219]

Yeah, idk why anyone wants to give money to the shameless homewrecker and the hysterical narcissist.

[@hey-tuesday]

I am so over this movie and I haven’t seen it. I don’t even want to at this point.

[@mariopikaman1]

5:42 caught you sneaking Gusty Garden Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy in there, I can recognize that chord progression anywhere lmao

[@genrecritical]

Harryyyyy I missed you!!!! so glad you're talking about this because seeing these ads in the wild has been batshit, why are we doing green mac n cheese??

[@taratothemax1350]

5:42 you cant fool me, that was mario galaxy!

[@CorinneStephens]

See the thing is, I don't have any doubts that Ariana Grande is a very talented actress. I just have doubts about my own ability to look at her and think "that's Glinda" instead of "that's Ariana Grande"

[@erinisonline]

my favorite musical commentator is BACK

[@harryjamesmiller]

between this and tammy faye there's a ton of theatre gossip and i'm so happy about it

[@Uncle_Smidge]

I just love how the movie's marketing aesthetic is just what my house already looks like, because I'm a pink glittery girly girl and my husband's favorite color is lime green. 🤣

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

Hubby brat lol

[@rjaneface]

good job rachel zegler for playing both maria and tony in wss she is so talented

[@Maria_745]

I was curious about the Betty Crocker collab because I like to bake and how could they mess up adding food coloring right? Well all of the reviews are terrible lol

[@sholem_bond]

Live singing in a movie, with *film actors,* is a good idea now? You mean like it was in the "Les Mis" movie? /s

[@minirth.maggie]

Oh wow, Glinda looks like she could be in college but Elphaba looks so much older to me.

[@ciaociara]

I saw the play 15 years ago and loved it. I definitely want to see the movie.

[@calamari89]

Being in times sq in October was HELL not only bc it’s times sq but because every five seconds a massive billboard would show wicked purse sets and wicked shoes and wicked nails and wicked socks and everything oh my god

[@KourtneyCasey]

this is my intro to your channel bro. i am SUBBED

[@cocoisnuts4711]

Wait… it’s in PARTS?!??

[@robbiegeegee]

2:38 oh god this would have been awful

[@margaret7407]

I've seen pink & green Wicked Lexuses on the red (pink and green?) carpets, but I guess they're not banking on anyone actually buying them.

[@irena6197]

i love thar frog on your shelf !

[@ohreallyeliza]

I had been waiting for YEARS for this musical to be made into a movie. And I have to be completely honest, the way it was rolled out, this promotion was too much. As a hardcore Wicked fan, the over-the-top promotion, the cheating scandal, and honestly not feeling like AG should have gotten this role-- has dampened my enthusiasm for the movie. I still went to see it last night for the early access, and AG was serviceable, i mean she better be decent because she's been begging for this role for years, and if you hate that i said that, idc. Go scream into the void about it. BUT CE is a KNOCKOUT!!! Her voice moved me to tears and I really enjoyed Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero as well. I'm just sad this is the way they did this after all these years, it's a shame