Is wicked gay

Here’s our guide to all of the LGBT+ innuendos (and outuendos) going down at the Ozdust Ballroom now that “Wicked”—and its accompanying queer discourse—is now in theaters. Now, as Out always asks, how gay is it? The central story of Wicked is and always has been a love story between its two female leads. That certainly doesn't change here and any Gelphie shippers.

Neither Elphaba nor Glinda is explicitly queer in the text the musical is based on but some fans think they're queer-coded. Now, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have addressed the theories. First up, there's Jonathan Bailey who plays Prince Fiyero. He's gay. Next up is Cynthia Erivo who plays Elphaba. Well, here she is with her partner, Lena Waithe. Then we have Bowen Yang who plays. For just under a month Twitter has been awash with comments about how gay Wicked’s characters are, from Glinda’s somewhat obvious love for Elphaba to Boq being secretly in the closet.

The short answers are yes, most ship it, but whether it is a queer musical was very up for debate. Among the six heterosexual respondents, for instance, four outright said that the show was not queer or that Glinda and Elphaba were not a couple, while one said she could see the potential and one said Gelphie is her OTP one true pairing.

Among queer respondents, many saw the musical as not as queer as the book, or not queer at all because characters who are canonically queer in the book are not discussed or erased. For instance, Gregory Maguire has confirmed that Elphaba and Glinda were in some type of relationship, so both are canonically bisexual, and Elphaba is hinted to be intersex. One teenager listed some of her headcanons, including:. The musical as is would have a difficult time explicitly incorporating these into the story, but at the same time these headcanons can allow the viewer to see themselves on stage in lieu of explicit representation.

Just as actors can reinterpret their characters actions and play up certain scenes and emotions accordingly, so too can audience members impose a new layer of meaning onto the story to enhance their connection with those characters.

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