An unhinged deep dive on Wicked's biggest plot hole.

WHY is Elphaba afraid of water? What makes water harmful in Gregory Maguire's version of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum? And what does this all have to do with ANYTHING? The Wicked Movie has brought a lot of questions, and I have slides.

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