{"id":1881,"date":"2025-12-02T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=555430"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"the-dark-reason-they-keep-saying-in-a-clock-tick-in-wicked-because-it-was-cut-from-the-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/12\/02\/the-dark-reason-they-keep-saying-in-a-clock-tick-in-wicked-because-it-was-cut-from-the-film\/","title":{"rendered":"The dark reason they keep saying \u2018in a clock tick\u2019 in Wicked, because it was cut from the film"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve watched Wicked: For Good, or been on Twitter since it dropped in November, you might have spied people moaning about the 50 million times Elphaba, Glinda, and other Ozians said “in a clock tick” or one of its many other variations.<\/p>\n

“Why the f**k did they keep saying ‘IN A CLOCK TICK’ in Wicked: For Good, like maybe 7 times? Kshdjdjd,” one person complained on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Another said: “Take a shot every time someone says ‘clock tick’ in Wicked Part 2.”<\/p>\n

While the surface-level explanation is simply that Ozians have an odd language<\/a>, like “in a clock tick” instead of “in a minute”, it also relates to a major theme\/motif that was inevitably cut from the film.<\/p>\n

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ozians saying \u201cjust a clock-tick\u201d pic.twitter.com\/8lGWJoFow0<\/a><\/p>\n

— m (@msnetik) November 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n