Daily Podcasts Video Research

The ‘Wicked’ Munchkins seem pretty Jewish this time around

JL;DR SUMMARY "Wicked: For Good," the sequel to the musical adaptation of Gregory Maguire's novel, draws strong parallels to Jewish history and the Holocaust by highlighting fascist themes and discrimination against Munchkins in Oz. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

HolocaustMusicalFascismStephen SchwartzWickedOzGregory MaguireMarc PlattEthan SlaterMunchkins

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"Ethan Slater plays Boq, and inspired the look of the Munchkins in Munchkinland. Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images"

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 68363
Cairo Source ID 35
Retrieved 2025-11-25 05:31:11 UTC
Curated 2025-11-25 08:31:40 UTC