When I saw Wicked, at the end of the well-attended matinee screening, an enthusiastic little boy who was there with a big family group yelled out, “Everybody clap!” and the whole audience burst into applause.
I didn’t like the movie, but I liked the boy. So on his behalf, I say bless you all, may you and your little movie-going community enjoy Wicked and clap at the end. May you even carry on and watch Gladiator II in a day-killing double feature, thereby getting a kick out of the phenomenon known as “Glicked,” a seemingly desperate marketing ploy to gin up another hugely profitable “Barbenheimer” experience that united two dissimilar big-budget releases last year: Barbie and Oppenheimer.
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