The book reframes the villain of the "Wizard of Oz" as a misunderstood victim, and "The Great and Powerful Oz" an abuser / coward who abuses said witch and then hides inside the city of Oz forever.
It became a highly successful stage play / musical that sold almost exclusively to women. "Wicked" helped write the playbook for the "force is female", girl-boss lead popular media revolution. So many other movies (etc.) followed this example.
The book reframes the villain of the "Wizard of Oz" as a misunderstood victim, and "The Great and Powerful Oz" an abuser / coward who abuses said witch and then hides inside the city of Oz forever.
It was written in the early 00s but sounds pretty modern crap on someone else’s story.
It became a highly successful stage play / musical that sold almost exclusively to women. "Wicked" helped write the playbook for the "force is female", girl-boss lead popular media revolution. So many other movies (etc.) followed this example.