Elphaba Thropp /ˈɛlfəbə ˈθrɒp/ is a fictional character in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway and West End adaptations, Wicked.
In the original L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West is unnamed and little is explained about her life. Elphaba is modeled after the Witch portrayed by Margaret Hamilton in the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz: green-skinned, clad entirely in black and wearing a tall peaked hat. Maguire formulated the name "Elphaba" from the phonetic pronunciation of Baum's initials L.F.B. In both adaptations, Elphaba is also called by several nicknames including Elphie, Fabala, Sister (Saint) Aelphaba, Auntie Witch, and Fae.
, 2h7 Réalisé parSam Raimi OrigineEtats-Unis GenresFantastique, Fantasy, Aventure ThèmesCirque, Magie, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Mise en scène d'une sorcière, Films pour enfants ActeursJames Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rachel Weisz, Chloë Grace Moretz, Michelle Williams Note62% Lorsque Oscar Diggs, un petit magicien de cirque sans envergure à la moralité douteuse, est emporté à bord de sa montgolfière depuis le Kansas poussiéreux jusqu’à l’extravagant Pays d'Oz, il y voit la chance de sa vie. Tout semble tellement possible dans cet endroit stupéfiant composé de paysages luxuriants, de peuples étonnants et de créatures singulières, même la fortune et la gloire. Celles-ci semblent d’autant plus simples à acquérir qu’il peut facilement se faire passer pour le grand magicien dont tout le monde espère la venue. Seules trois sorcières, Théodora, Evanora et Glinda semblent réellement douter de ses compétences.
, 4h30 Réalisé parNick Willing OrigineEtats-Unis GenresScience-fiction, Fantasy, Aventure ActeursZooey Deschanel, Neal McDonough, Alan Cumming, Kathleen Robertson, Richard Dreyfuss, Callum Keith Rennie Note69% DG (Zooey Deschanel) is a small-town waitress who feels that she does not fit into her Kansas farm life and has visions of a lavender-eyed woman (Anna Galvin) warning her that a storm is coming. Her visions are realized when the sorceress Azkadellia (Kathleen Robertson), tyrannical ruler of the O.Z. (Outer Zone), sends her Longcoat soldiers through a "travel storm" to kill DG. DG escapes through the storm into the O.Z. and befriends several of its inhabitants: Glitch (Alan Cumming), who had half of his brain removed by Azkadellia; Wyatt Cain (Neal McDonough), a former "Tin Man" law enforcer who was locked in an iron suit for years as punishment for opposing Azkadellia; and Raw (Raoul Trujillo), a "viewer" whose people have been enslaved by Azkadellia. DG receives a magical symbol on her palm and learns that her Kansan parents are androids and that her real mother is the lavender-eyed woman of her visions. Visiting the Mystic Man (Richard Dreyfuss) in Central City and continuing on to the Northern Island, the group learns that Glitch was once the advisor to the Queen of the O.Z. and that DG and Azkadellia are actually sisters and the daughters of the Queen. DG remembers that Azkadellia killed her using dark magic when they were children, but their mother revived her by light magic and gave her secret instructions on how to find the Emerald of the Eclipse, which Azkadellia now seeks. Azkadellia confronts the group with her Longcoats and mobats, capturing DG and Raw. Cain fights the Longcoat captain Zero (Callum Keith Rennie) and learns that his wife and son, whom he thought Zero had killed, are still alive. Zero shoots Cain, sending him falling into a lake of ice.