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Why not ruby slippers in wicked

Confused why the choice was made to go with the silver shoes from L. Frank Baum’s novel.

Usually this is done in OZ movies because MGM has the rights to the ruby slippers

However wicked lifts massive amounts of music, costuming and makeup cues directly from the 1939 version, - if they could have a green witch, Glinda in a bubble, multiple melodies from the 1939 film score and Dorothy in blue and white checked gingham why not just pay mgm to use the ruby slippers too?

by Anonymousreply 17November 26, 2024 6:00 PM

I was wondering this too OP

by Anonymousreply 1November 26, 2024 1:14 AM

In the Broadway show's second act, the silver shoes are turned into ruby slippers.

So presumably we will see this in Part II of the movie next year.

by Anonymousreply 2November 26, 2024 1:15 AM

They are no ruby slippers in the L. Frank Baum book. It was added to the original film because of the bright color.

by Anonymousreply 3November 26, 2024 3:35 AM

Sadly, it's obvious that R3's reading comprehension is roughly at the third-grade level.

by Anonymousreply 4November 26, 2024 3:42 AM

They aren't turned into ruby slippers, they temporarily glow ruby when the spell is cast as a nod to the movie r2.

But I do think they assumed they would die for copyright infringement if they were straight ruby.

by Anonymousreply 5November 26, 2024 3:46 AM

Sue*

by Anonymousreply 6November 26, 2024 3:46 AM

[quote]However wicked lifts massive amounts of music, costuming and makeup cues directly from the 1939 version,

I'm not aware that ANY music from the the MGM movie is used in WICKED. Can you please give some examples? And are you talking about the stage version of WICKED, the movie, or both?

by Anonymousreply 7November 26, 2024 3:49 AM

Forget it, Jake. It's Munchkintown.

by Anonymousreply 8November 26, 2024 3:50 AM

1) re:shoes, wait for Part 2

2) There a brief musical line from “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” in the movie’s scoring

Also

3) “Unlimited, my future is” from “The Wizard & I” is the same musical phrase as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” but to a different rhythm.

by Anonymousreply 9November 26, 2024 3:59 AM

The shoes in both the Gregory Maguire book and in the Stephen Schwarz stage musical are the silver shoes of the original L. Frank Baum book, rather than the ruby slippers of the 1939 film. So that is that.

by Anonymousreply 10November 26, 2024 4:52 AM

[quote]if they could have a green witch, Glinda in a bubble, multiple melodies from the 1939 film score and Dorothy in blue and white checked gingham why not just pay mgm to use the ruby slippers too?

The ruby slippers were copyrighted by MGM, the other things were not.

Dorothy wears a blue-and-white gingham dress in the original W. W. Denslow illustrations to the 1900 L. Frank Baum book, so MGM could never copyright that. And just using a bar of music is considered more or less free use--it's using more than that where you get into trouble

by Anonymousreply 11November 26, 2024 4:55 AM

You see Glinda with a pair of ruby slippers when she's giving Elphaba a makeover during Popular

by Anonymousreply 12November 26, 2024 5:55 AM

You probably know that the ruby slippers were an MGM addition.

In Baum's original book, they were silver.

by Anonymousreply 13November 26, 2024 6:19 AM

‘’I’M SO FUCKIN BORED Here on The Data Lounge’’ needs to clean out the wicked threads too- I have had it with the green/pink goo running through every other thread-Stop it Elfabitch go away.

by Anonymousreply 14November 26, 2024 6:31 AM

R3 and r13 you should try reading a post before just posting.

by Anonymousreply 15November 26, 2024 6:52 AM

[quote]R13 You probably know that the ruby slippers were an MGM addition. In Baum's original book, they were silver.

These never sounded very comfy to me, as a child. How flexible could metal shoes be?

by Anonymousreply 16November 26, 2024 6:58 AM

Webmaster, please excise threads to suit r14's level of interest in them. This forum is all about HER.

by Anonymousreply 17November 26, 2024 6:00 PM
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