For Good Confirms Dorothy’s Restricted Position In Sequel

Dorothy’s presence in Depraved has been an enigma because the smash hit briefly confirmed her strolling down the yellow brick street final 12 months, however star Cynthia Erivo seemingly simply confirmed an outdated idea about how Depraved: For Good would deal with the unique Wizard of Oz heroine. Set to wrap up Elphaba (Erivo) and Glinda’s (Ariana Grande) story, Depraved: For Good will hit theaters on November 21.

Dorothy has been featured in Depraved‘s advertising and marketing since its first trailers started popping out final 12 months. Nevertheless, Depraved is definitely concerning the friendship between Glinda the Good and the Depraved Witch of the West towards the backdrop of the Wizard’s (Jeff Goldblum) vicious smear marketing campaign towards the latter. However the absence of a few of Dorothy’s marketed scenes from the primary film elevated hypothesis about her return.

Now, Empire has confirmed that Dorothy will solely be seen from behind or afar in Depraved: For Good. Erivo stated of this: “I feel that is such a beautiful factor to do, as a result of then everybody will get to maintain the Dorothy that they know.” Mockingly, audiences had beforehand theorized that Dorothy’s face can be obfuscated in Depraved, as solely her silhouette is seen within the Broadway present.

Grande additionally weighed in to debate Glinda’s notion of Dorothy, considerably tainting their cheery interactions within the 1939 basic:

I really like the little little bit of shadiness that Glinda has in the direction of Dorothy. There’s loads occurring, and she or he does not actually have time to take care of this. She might have instructed her to take the Emerald Metropolis practice! However she did not. That is just a little shady, Glinda! So I leaned all the best way into Glinda form of having a watch roll for Dorothy every time she has to take care of her.

What This Means For Dorothy In Depraved

By doing this, Depraved is preserving the model of Dorothy that exists in The Wizard of Oz, primarily the zeitgeist’s hottest picture of Judy Garland as her. And this technique lends extra thematic heft to Depraved, with Dorothy persevering with to exist in our imaginations on this means.

Depraved deconstructs characters just like the Great Wizard of Oz, who was all the time a con man who had satisfied the Ozian inhabitants that he was an actual wizard slightly than a sleight-of-hand magician, inspecting the implications of this. However Dorothy is an harmless character, and bringing her too far into Depraved‘s story may very well be needlessly destroying her hopefulness.

The unique Depraved novel even attracts comparisons between Elphaba when she was youthful and had a extra hopeful outlook and Dorothy’s characterization. There’s a lot for Depraved to achieve by hinting at Dorothy however leaving the outdated model of her intact, whereas the opposite characters are those who profit from reinterpretation.

Launch Date

November 21, 2025

Director

Jon M. Chu

Writers

Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, Gregory Maguire