The internet is holding space for ‘Wicked’ 

Everyone is crying, squealing, fist-pumping, and an emotional wreck after seeing the movie. Here are some of the best reactions and memes on the internet to Wicked.

It’s been more than 20 years since Wicked premiered on Broadway, and finally, the movie adaptation has been released into the world. Film adaptations of musicals are a hit-or-miss so it can be forgiven that the movie took a while, but what won’t be forgiven is if the movie turned out to be bad. Thankfully, that doesn’t seem to be the case and everyone is raving about Jon Chu’s film. Not only are they raving about but many are claiming that, well, something isn’t the same after watching the movie.

With the movie’s opening weekend now past us, we take a look at some of the best reactions and memes on the internet to Wicked. 

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The best reactions and memes on the internet to Wicked

Adapted from the musical of the same name by Stephen Schwartz, Wicked tells a revisionist tale of The Wizard of Oz and revolves around Elphaba and Galinda, both of whom would later become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good respectively. The two characters are played by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande who have also been going viral for being emotional in almost every interview they’ve given for the press tour of the film. There are those who made fun of it at first but once you’ve seen the movie, it’s evident why the both of them tear up talking about their characters.

And the people of the internet share the same sentiments, it seems. So many people have been posting on socials of how wrecked they are coming out of the theatre. Those sporting Elphaba’s green hue find their makeup streaked with tears. “Defying Gravity” is set to annihilate everyone’s Spotify Wrapped. And as per usual, people are swooning over Jonathan Bailey who plays Fiyero. 

These are some of the best reactions to Wicked on the internet. There’s no doubt that if you’ve seen the movie, you can relate to one or all of them. 

@fredasquith

Well that shut me up #wicked #movie #sobbing

♬ original sound – Fred Asquith

@emilylorraineee

Even better than we all expected. Congratulations to the cast and crew 💚🫧💗#wickedmovie @Wicked Movie @arianagrande @Cynthia Erivo @Jonmchu

♬ original sound – Emily Mejia

 

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Who did this??!
#wicked

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— Ismael (@idgaspar.bsky.social) November 25, 2024 at 3:12 AM

my husband just said Wicked is fanfic and I’m sooo mad that he’s technically correct

— amy (@arb.bsky.social) November 23, 2024 at 6:12 AM

#wicked

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— Sooz Kempner (@soozuk.bsky.social) November 23, 2024 at 10:58 PM

Me to Nessarose after Wicked pic.twitter.com/BirVXXno8E

— Southern Homo (@SouthernHomo) November 24, 2024

just watched wicked, jonathan bailey had so much chemistry with everyone that at one point i think we also started to connect over my 3D glasses pic.twitter.com/55nunEuN7S

— Poot Crave (@ZendayasDriving) November 23, 2024

glinda in no one mourns the wicked pic.twitter.com/AgFhQ2CfnD

— lyn (@g4linda) November 22, 2024

This scene broke me. pic.twitter.com/Bqqfz7jDOw

— wicked news hub (@wickednewshub) November 23, 2024

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