Excellent news! Depraved has made its much-anticipated debut, lastly permitting audiences the prospect to see the story of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Galinda (Ariana Grande) come to life on the large display screen. The film is an adaptation of the Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz, of the novel by Gregory Maguire, which itself is predicated on the 1900 novel The Great Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
Depraved delivers the backstory of the Depraved Witch of the West, and particulars how she and Galinda the Good Witch have been as soon as associates. Alongside the way in which, we meet loads of different characters which are necessary to their journey and the eventual story of The Wizard of Oz. Now that the film is out, and we’ve gotten an opportunity to familiarize ourselves with everybody, let’s rank the characters of Depraved, we could?
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10 Governor Thropp
Portrayed by Andy Nyman
Governor Thropp is the Governor of Munchkinland and in addition the daddy of Elphaba and Nessarose (Marissa Bode). His appearances all through the movie are transient, however we do study extra about him by Elphaba, and it doesn’t paint him within the biggest mild. He’s horrified when his spouse provides beginning to a daughter with inexperienced pores and skin, a lot in order that after they have their second daughter, Nessarose, he forces his spouse to chew milk flowers to make sure they don’t have one other baby with inexperienced pores and skin. This as an alternative causes issues with the being pregnant, inflicting his spouse to die in labor.
Thropp blames Elphaba for your complete scenario, since he by no means would have pressured her to eat the flowers had she not been born with inexperienced pores and skin. He typically favors Nessarose, and doesn’t make any try to cover this from Elphaba. H e’s throughout not a terrific father, and positively not man, so he deserves a spot on the backside of the listing.
9 Pfannee & ShenShen
Portrayed by Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James
Pfannee (Bowen Yang) and ShenShen (Bronwyn James) are Galinda’s finest associates, and they’re being grouped collectively solely as a result of they (sadly) don’t have a lot screentime. The 2 hilariously praise Galinda’s over-the-top character, and it’s actually a disgrace we don’t see extra of them.
At any time when both of them is in a scene, Pfannee and ShenShen are certain to get fun; though, we do spend barely extra time with Pfannee than we do with SheShen. Nonetheless, the dearth of screentime and discernible details about their characters makes it inconceivable to rank them larger.
8 Boq
Portrayed by Ethan Slater
Very like Pfannee and ShenShen, Boq (Ethan Slater) doesn’t have a ton of screentime in Depraved, which is the rationale for his decrease placement within the rankings. Boq is a munchkin who’s in love with Galinda, and adorably so. Nevertheless, she is infatuated with Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) and tells him he ought to vy for Nessarose as an alternative. He does so, however he’s nonetheless in love with Galinda, one thing Nessarose begins to note herself.
Nonetheless, Boq isn’t a nasty individual– he’s good to Nessarose, treating her kindly and making her night time on the Ozdust particular and one to recollect. There’s not a lot substance to his character in Half 1 apart from his hefty crush on Galinda, so it’s troublesome to rank him a lot larger.
7 The Wizard
Portrayed by Jeff Goldblum
Regardless of listening to about him all through a lot of the film, we don’t truly see the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) for very lengthy. After we do lastly meet him, it’s effectively well worth the wait… at the least, till he reveals his true playing cards. He guarantees Elphaba that he’ll grant her any want she so chooses, and provides her a house within the Emerald Metropolis, whereas making her his new protégé. That is solely a ploy, one thing Elphaba realizes as soon as Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) arrives and she or he and the Wizard have Elphaba learn from the Grimmerie and provides his monkey servant the power to fly. The spell finally ends up inflicting the monkey to sprout wings, inflicting him extreme ache and devastating Elphaba. She then realizes that it was the Wizard’s plan all alongside, as a result of he’s a fraud and might’t learn from the Grimmerie, or forged a spell and wanted Elphaba’s energy.
In fact, this isn’t a shock for those who’ve seen The Wizard of Oz, however it doesn’t make it sting any much less as you watch Elphaba arrive so excited solely to know her goals are about to be crushed. Nonetheless, Jeff Goldblum is uber charming because the Wizard of Oz, so bonus factors for casting. The Wizard may have a a lot larger function to play in Half 2, which is able to convey many extra layers to his function.
6 Nessarose
Portrayed by Marissa Bode
Nessarose is the candy, youthful sister of Elphaba. As a consequence of issues from her mom’s being pregnant, Nessarose is in a wheelchair, however she doesn’t let it cease her. The truth is, it solely motivates her extra. She is extraordinarily self-sufficient, and on multiple event tells others to not assist her as a result of she will handle herself.
Nessarose can be very starry-eyed, continually seeing the nice in individuals. When she is requested to the Ozdust Ballroom by Boq, she doesn’t suppose twice when he mentions Galinda gave him the thought, even when Elphaba thinks it unusual. She’s a ray of sunshine in what can usually be a tragic story, and is a particular spotlight of Half 1.
5 Madame Morrible
Portrayed by Michelle Yeoh
Madame Morrible is the Dean of Sorcery at Shiz College, and she or he takes Elphaba on as a protégé. She senses greatness within the younger girl, and desires to assist her discover ways to harness her powers and discover ways to management them. Elphaba, having at all times felt totally different from everybody else, is raring for a mentor, and finds a kindred spirit in Morrible. Nevertheless, Morrible’s intentions aren’t pretty much as good as they initially appear.
By the second act of the movie, when Elphaba makes it to the Emerald Metropolis and meets the Wizard, she realizes that Madame Morrible and the Wizard have ulterior motives and are utilizing her magic to maintain the animals of the world from talking. It’s a twist that paints the character in a villainous mild and makes her one of many dangerous guys, however it additionally makes her so layered and nuanced that she deserves to have a spot larger up on the listing. Plus, although her motives have been in the end dangerous, Morrible did assist Elphaba get a greater maintain on her powers, which proved helpful to assist her by the top of the movie.
4 Fiyero
Portrayed by Jonathan Bailey
Fiyero is Depraved’s love curiosity– first he is launched to be Galinda’s love curiosity, however slowly, Elphaba’s as effectively. He involves Shiz College halfway by the college 12 months and wows everybody along with his appeal and carefree nature. Galinda is immediately smitten with him, naturally, whereas Elphaba couldn’t care much less. It isn’t till Fiyero helps Elphaba free a frightened lion cub that she realizes she may really feel one thing deeper for him. Fiyero is the one one who isn’t affected by her spell at school, neither is he frightened by her inexperienced pores and skin when he first meets her.
Fiyero isn’t essentially the most layered or attention-grabbing character to come back out of Half 1 of Depraved, however he’s charming and brings an air of lightness. There’s additionally lots in retailer for him in Half 2 as effectively, so there’s way more to stay up for (together with extra Fiyero songs, as a result of who doesn’t love these?)
3 Physician Dillamond
Voiced by Peter Dinklage
Within the land of Oz, animals can discuss, and at Shiz College, they will train. Physician Dillamond (Peter Dinklage) is a historical past professor who simply so occurs to be a goat. He’s additionally one of many solely individuals who reveals Elphaba uninhibited kindness upon her arrival at Shiz. He informs Elphaba that animals across the land are dropping their skill to talk. This places Elphaba on excessive alert, and she or he does the whole lot in her energy to cease it from occurring. Physician Dillamond is ultimately pressured to retire when the college bans animals from instructing, and is all of the sudden dragged away, leaving Elphaba heartbroken and confused, however decided to avenge him.
Physician Dillamond is a comparatively minor character within the runtime of the movie, however he does play a really giant half in Elphaba’s storyline and life. He’s the motivation behind Elphaba seeing the Wizard. The truth is, when she lastly does meet the Wizard, she decides that her one want will now not be having him change the colour of her pores and skin, however as an alternative that he protects animals’ proper to talk.
2 Galinda
Portrayed by Ariana Grande
There are solely two characters that might take the highest two spots: Galinda and Elphaba. Selecting who goes to which spot is almost inconceivable. The truth is, they need to each be thought of primary. Nevertheless, for rating’s sake, Galinda lands in second place. Galinda and Elphaba are two starkly totally different characters, and but they praise each other so effectively. Galinda is the center of this film. It begins together with her telling us the story of Elphaba’s upbringing, and the way she knew her, and we see the cracks start to seep into her polished facade as we study there was extra to their relationship than simply crossing paths.
Galinda begins considerably like a imply lady. She’s merciless to Elphaba and teases her. Very like everybody else, she embarrasses her on the Ozdust, and she or he refuses to see eye to eye together with her. All through the film we see her character improvement, and we get to see how she grows into Glinda the Good as we all know her in The Wizard of Oz. She permits herself to be weak, and opens her coronary heart to Elphaba, one thing she by no means would have performed earlier than. Ariana Grande does an unimaginable job of bringing the character to life and capturing each nuanced element of Galinda. Each single music, line, and dance, has particular inflections that add to the story, and permit for an excellent deeper look into the character.
1 Elphaba
Portrayed by Cynthia Erivo
Whereas Galinda is the center of Depraved, Elphaba is the very soul of it. It’s her story in its most uncooked kind. Cynthia Erivo brings a selected tackle Elphaba that’s as painful as it’s stunning. She portrays her with all the enjoyment of a younger girl entering into this thrilling new a part of her life, whereas nonetheless carrying the burden of the trauma and ache she’s carried all through her life. The whole lot she does is out of the goodness of her coronary heart, which makes it a lot extra upsetting that the city of Ouncesdeems her “evil”. Erivo captures that gradual, panicked descent so effectively, and that’s the reason Elphaba takes the highest spot.
Very like Galinda, we see numerous improvement in Elphaba’s character. She goes from worrying an excessive amount of about what others suppose and wanting the Wizard to vary her pores and skin shade, to as an alternative altering her motives fully and wanting to guard the animals of Oz. She asks Morrible to show Galinda sorcery, although Galinda has been nothing however merciless to her. She stands as much as the Wizard of Ouncesand escapes, so she doesn’t conform to what he needs from her. It’s a strong journey for her, and one that’s refined but mighty, and she greater than deserves to defy gravity at first place.
