{"id":827,"date":"2024-12-12T15:09:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=420658"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T23:00:00","slug":"sure-wicked-has-some-gay-subtext-but-how-many-characters-and-actors-are-actually-queer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2024\/12\/12\/sure-wicked-has-some-gay-subtext-but-how-many-characters-and-actors-are-actually-queer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sure, Wicked has some gay subtext \u2013 but how many characters and actors are actually queer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For just under a month Twitter has been awash with comments about how gay Wicked’s<\/a> characters are, from Glinda’s somewhat obvious love for Elphaba to Boq being secretly in the closet.<\/p>\n

Wicked has always been beloved in the LGBTQ+ community, which I put down to its impressive soundtrack, themes of being an outsider, and undeniably eccentric characters. When the film adaptation was released to stellar reviews<\/a> in November, arguments for Glinda being gay became a major talking point on Twitter as the book’s author, Gregory Maguire, seemingly confirmed speculation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to make Oz seem as real as Middle Earth. I wanted it to have a depth of culture, a depth of history and a depth of complexity, of experience that was more analogous to the world in which we live. And that meant it had to have varieties of sexual experience,” he told Them<\/a>. \u201cI wanted to propose this possibility, but I did not want to make a declarative statement about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

But looking past the virtue signals from the cast and author, which honestly could be born out of a desire to see the film do well, are there any gay characters or actors in Wicked?<\/p>\n

Many Wicked characters are played by gay actors<\/h2>\n
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ariana gay as hell in wicked i know shes about to devour for good and thank goodness (wicked gayest songs) pic.twitter.com\/rUQAejetDK<\/a><\/p>\n

— club Jill Valentine (@bjhrosie) December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n