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Here’s our guide to all of the LGBT+ innuendos (and outuendos) going down at the Ozdust Ballroom now that “Wicked”—and its accompanying queer discourse—is now in theaters. She is in a relationship with Lena Waithe. Bode is in a relationship with writer Lauren Brooks. Marissa Bode is also queer!

In my professional opinion, Fiyero being played by a gay man only adds to my headcanon that Elphaba and Glinda are in a relationship with each other and Fiyero is merely their platonic but perhaps toxically enmeshed gay boy best friend. It has preserved this time-honored tradition! In Gregory McGuire's book Wicked, he names the Wicked Witch of the West Elphaba (from the author of the Wizard of Oz's initials, LFB) and the Wicked Witch of the East .

Based on the wildly popular and award-winning Broadway musical, Wicked has finally been made into a motion picture (or rather, two) and the hype could not be higher. A wicked sense of humor typically refers to a sharp, clever, or dark sense of humor that may involve making jokes or comments that are considered edgy, provocative, or even . Thankfully, for fans of the. They did Chappell Roan-inspired couples costumes for Halloween this year!

The actress who plays Nessarose and has unfortunately had to call out ableist comments about her character has been providing some queer disability visibility on the Wicked press tour as an out wheelchair user. But to me, this is a problem with Wicked the stage musical as well, as the second half is definitely weaker than the first. One that chooses love for the people — and all sentient animals — over romance between individuals.

But the book includes the . Ariana and Cynthia have spoken about Wicked's subtext, but are there any actual gay characters or actors in the film?. In the book version of 'Wicked', Elphaba and Fiyero die. Glinda surrounding herself with gays while entering into a fraught homoerotic dynamic with an enemy-turned-best-friend? We all have unhealthy relationships to the television program Glee. James is married to Katherine-Alice, who founded a nonprofit that promotes accessibility in the arts in Yorkshire.

A post shared by Bowen Yang fayedunaway. One thing that connects all of the current editors of Autostraddle is that we all have a deep love for and background in musical theater. Co-hosting the popular gay pop culture podcast Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and starring in the gay rom-com Fire Island , Yang has a very queer career, and his casting in Wicked was thrilling news for me and all the gays and girls I know.

It’s Even Better Than That. Who cares if two femmes kiss when they could take down Oz’s whole oppressive regime? Throughout Wicked's history as a musical, people have debated whether or not. Therefore, when Cynthia was cast as Elphaba in the Wicked movie, we decided all Wicked news was automatically gay. Is Elphaba gay in Wicked? So, sure, you could call ”Wicked” some kind of queer love triangle, but I’m reading it as a budding platonic political throuple, a queer-adjacent radical polycule, if you will.

The Wicked Witch of the West (Elphaba) and Glinda (or Galinda) the Good Witch of the North met for the first time at Shiz University, where they roomed together. I went to a performing arts high school where I studied musical theater, Riese went to THEE performing arts boarding school, and Drew was also a theater dork.

Ariana Grande, left, and Cynthia Erivo pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of "Wicked" on Nov. 18 in London. Jonathan Bailey, who plays Fiyero in Wicked , has been publicly out as gay since , though he came out privately to family and friends before that, in his early twenties. Ariana and Cynthia have spoken about Wicked's subtext, but are there any actual gay characters or actors in the film?.

In an interview with Gay Times, Cynthia and Ariana were told that people have been shipping Elphaba and Glinda and Ariana's immediate response was: "I bet". Pfannee is definitely textually queer in the film! Now, as Out always asks, how gay is it?. Elphaba Thropp, who also is called the Wicked Witch of the West, also dies. Here’s our guide to all of the LGBT+ innuendos (and outuendos) going down at the Ozdust Ballroom now that “Wicked”—and its accompanying queer discourse—is now in theaters.

Gay Power Couple much? In high school, the stage was the one space where homosexuals were at the top of the food chain. Fiyero is killed. He swoons over Fiyero! Wicked's Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have said that they think Elphaba and Glinda are queer in a new interview. Stop Trying to Make 'Wicked' A Sapphic Romance. Modern, ballroom, ballet and acrobatic are the dance styles in the musical "Wicked."Specifically, modern dance and acrobatics characterize the movements of the Flying .

That has closeted musical theater gay written all over it, and I should know.