Ashley Lee Los Angeles Times (TNS)

The following contains spoilers from the movie “Wicked: For Good.”

In a way, “Wicked: For Good” is a companion film to “The Wizard of Oz,” imagining what was really happening when a girl named Dorothy landed in Oz. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the Universal sequel references iconography from the 1939 movie and infuses these classic images with unexpected backstories and deeper meanings. Here, The Envelope breaks down the five key “Wizard of Oz” visuals, as remixed in “Wicked: For Good.”

The yellow brick road

The opening scene reveals that Dorothy’s road map to Emerald City originated as a form of visual propaganda, reinforcing the Wizard’s rule in every corner of Oz. Even more heartbreaking is who constructs the road itself: “The captured animals are now b

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