The new Wicked: For Good trailer just dropped. EBONY editors Delaina Dixon and Jonathan Giles have much to say about this sneak peek into the second and final movie adaptation of Elphaba and Glinda’s prequel and, much like the witches, have very different takes.

Delaina Dixon: This year is flying by, thank goodness (and those in the know get it), cause I’m ready to see how this cinematic adaptation of Wicked wraps up. They already got me up in my feels about Elphaba, a woman othered, who discovers her worth and leans in hard. I’ve seen the stage show three times and watched the movie about a half-dozen times. Having Cynthia Erivo play her created parallels for me as a Black woman tapping into her power. When she gives Glinda that stare as she returns to Oz (about five years later), we kno

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