Is wicked a gay movie

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. 1 The Wizard of Oz never spoke to me as a child. Quite the opposite, in fact; it terrified me. 2 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. 3 While modern audiences are lucky to have much more representation, there are still many movies that try to hide these parts of their story, that reduce them to subtext and push viewers to try and find them — luckily, Wicked is definitely not one of those. This John M. 4 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. 5 One thing that connects all of the current editors of Autostraddle is that we all have a deep love for and background in musical theater. I went to a performing arts high school where I studied musical theater, Riese went to THEE performing arts boarding school, and Drew was also a theater dork. 6 So, sure, you could call ”Wicked” some kind of queer love triangle, but I’m reading it as a budding platonic political throuple, a queer-adjacent radical polycule, if you will. One that chooses love for the people — and all sentient animals — over romance between individuals. 7 Support on Patreon Follow wellshwood. November 21, by Jeff Wells No Comments. 8 Ariana and Cynthia have spoken about Wicked's subtext, but are there any actual gay characters or actors in the film?. 9 . 10