The broad strokes of Wicked: For Good 's ending are faithful to the stage musical that inspired it. In her climactic encounter with Dorothy, Elphaba stages her own death, playing into the myth that water could melt her. She runs off for a happily ever after with Fiyero, who she had turned into the Scarecrow earlier in the story to save his life. The Wizard floats away on his balloon, and in his absence, the people now look to Glinda, who arrests Madame Morrible and is set to lead Oz into a brighter future.

But with one, tiny detail in the last moments, the movie makes a change that's actually quite profound. Glinda and Elphaba have gone their separate ways, but through the magic of editing, it appears as if they're connecting again as they think of each other at the same time. And a

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