‘Wicked: For Good’ is shorter — but somehow feels longer

“Wicked: For Good” is nearly 25 minutes shorter than its two-hour-and-forty-minute predecessor. But it somehow feels substantially longer.

The first part of the film adaptation — released last November — sucked up the majority of the “Wizard of Oz” spinoff’s material, leaving a mostly-dry supply for director Jon M. Chu to work with. Audiences will likely walk away feeling thirsty — and simultaneously gorged on green and pink.

Chu fills empty space in the “Wicked” adaptation’s second act with an expanded look at Oz’s political landscape, a closer look at Glinda’s transition to “Glinda the Good,” and the introduction of two original songs, “The Girl in the Bubble” and “No Place Like Home.”

But much of Chu’s filler feels like fluff. The dark, metaphor-heavy political themes of the musical’