re: You’re coming at this question with multiple disadvantages
Posted by: HunterHailey 01:41 pm EST 01/30/25
In reply to: re: You’re coming at this question with multiple disadvantages - lordofspeech 03:47 pm EST 01/29/25

"The wizard is meant to be . . ."

That is where you lose me. The Wizard is not meant to be anything other than how they choose to portray him. Personally, I found playing the wizard more like a Frank Morgan bufuddled kindly old man completely wrong for the musical. With Joel Grey not only did I never believe he could be a terrible tyrant - I still never believed it by the end of the show because of how he's been portrayed. I think the Wizard is a much more intentionally malevolent character seeking to get power and that needs to be at least just under the surface right off the bat. I think you need to see the con man and the calculation and manipulation a lot more. I completely disagree that he needs to be "disarming". Goldblum I think has a perfect balance of keeping you a bit off balance.
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