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On Tuesday, November 22,2016, I went to see the show Wicked. In the beginning the people who live in Oz are celebrating. The Wicked Witch of The West has died at Dorothy's hand. Glinda the Good comes down in a bubble to say a speech to the people of Oz. Then one of them asks her if The Wicked witch was her friend, and goes into the past, when she met Elphaba. This is a story about friendship and that those who are called wicked are not always wicked. Firstly I would like to talk about What Is This Feeling? This song is where Galinda and Elphaba are roomed together and talking about how they felt about each other. The other students side with Galinda in how they hate Elphaba. They also feel pity on her since they all hate Elphaba. This song
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