Sam2:
“NOMTW: Elphaba was not by Baum at all. It’s just an old version of Wicked. Baum wrote 14 children’s novels, all of which are amazing. Wicked and Elphaba are massive distortions of that world.”
Elphaba AKA The Wicked Witch of The West most definitely is in Baum’s books…
Wicked (The Broadway) went ahead and played up her background (which according to Baum fans is completely distorted) I like the Wicked version because it intellectualizes her “wickedness”. That is precisely why I choose my SN. In the song “No One Mourns The Wicked” (From Wicked) there is one line: “Are people born wicked or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?”.