So Far, We Don't Have A Dorothy To Save Us

As I was taking a shower this morning, I realized how much the stories that The Wizard of Oz and part 1 of Wicked reflects on America today. 

Of course Trump and Musk are our wicked witches from The Wizard Of Oz, not necessarily from Wicked. However, both are also similar to Elphaba from Wicked in that they are products of their environment. But we should also note that the real coming of age stories ofTrump and Musk seem far different from that of the Wicked Witch, Elphaba.  Along with them we have the Republicans in Congress who are doing their best to resemble the Wicked Witch's flying monkeys. We have the conservative news and information outlets as well as my fellow believers in Christ who still support Trump who serve as the guards at the Wicked Witch's castle. And what does the water in the bucket which eventually melts the Wicked Witch represent? Isn't it The Constitution?

Outside of the Wicked Witch's castle we have the animals from Wicked Part 1 who lost their ability to speak in a human language and were disappeared from civilization. They represent the lower economic class and other formerly marginalized people in American society some of whom started to gain a voice but have now lost it and are being remarginalized. However, this is where our analogy using Wicked has problems. Why? It is because in Wicked, it is the Wizard who seeks to silence and disappear the animals. In our current situation, our  Wicked Witches are the ones who are seeking to remarginalize those who were previously marginalized. However, we should note that neither our previous status quo nor our Wicked Witches are showing significant concern for the economic lower class. 

The Democrats are our Munchkins of course. Much of our entertainment from our pop music to many of our tv shows and movies to our sporting events is the poppy field outside of Emerald City (editorial correction). And who do the residents of the Emerald City represent? Don't they represent those who are economically privileged?

The question to be asked about our Wicked Witches by a Red Sox fan such as myself is this: who will be able to reverse their curse? Please note that since the water used to melt our Wicked Witch is The Constitution, I am neither threatening nor promoting the use of physical violence when talking about melting the Wicked Witch. But if our judges and judicial system fail in preventing the evil empire from being established by the Wicked Witches, who will be our Dorothy?

Finally, who will join the Munchkins in singing No One Mourns The Wicked after our Dorothy finally rescues us? Will the flying monkeys join in the singing? Or what about the guards at the castle? Will the residents of Oz, who live in a segregated city and whose status quo is wicked but just not as wicked as the Wicked Witches are, join in the singing?