Jon M. Chu's big-budget, big-screen, big-effects, big-everything adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked is '¦ well '¦ big. Sometimes the enormity of it all'”the sets, the costumes, the dazzling arrays of computer-generated wonderworlds and flights of fancy'”threaten to overwhelm, swallow, and digest the story's emotional resonance. But, in the end, Chu manages to wring out of the excess moments that are genuinely touching, poignant, and politically resonant. In the era of Trump 2.0, when raw power masquerading as public good is being put front and center and larger segments of the population are not just accepting but ... Read More