What we create today could have long lasting impact. L. Frank Baum’s wizard of Oz has been made into a movie and served as the muse for Wicked.
Glinda the Good vs. the Wicked Witch of the West. Glinda the glittery, beautiful, and all-around adorable is popular lady. Alfaba the Wicked Witch is green, ugly, malicious and evil to the core.
The musical questions our view of good vs. bad. Glinda is only ostensibly good. Alfaba is misunderstood.
Let me get back to Mr. Baum. Of the stories I’ve read, his has the most number of female heroines. Dorothy. Glinda. Even the Wicked Witch. Princess Ozma. The Evil Swan. Because his original story is full of women, Wicked is also full of women characters today.