<description>&lt;p&gt;The biggest Broadway musical adaptation has hit the big screen, and for some reason Evangelicals have some thoughts on it. Our dear friend Jessica Goforth from the &lt;em&gt;Leaving the Village&lt;/em&gt; podcast sat down with us to chat about the new movie, &lt;em&gt;Wicked: Part 1&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We spend a chunk of the episode talking about musical theatre in general, along with some other &lt;em&gt;Wicked-&lt;/em&gt;adjacent topics, so if you want to jump straight into our conversation about &lt;em&gt;Wicked&lt;/em&gt; itself, skip straight to 37:40.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nate recently wrote an essay with even more thoughts on some of the political themes in &lt;em&gt;Wicked&lt;/em&gt; as well as how some of the characters resonate with the Exvangelical experience. You can give it a read here: &lt;a href="https://natenakao.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/wicked-through-and-through/" rel="nofollow"&gt;natenakao.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/wicked-through-and-through&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, as mentioned in the episode, here are a few little performances Jessica and Nate did of a couple songs from &lt;em&gt;Wicked&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jessica singing &amp;#34;Popular&amp;#34; on Smule: &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/jess.j.goforth/videos/553732644075224" rel="nofollow"&gt;facebook.com/jess.j.goforth/videos/553732644075224&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nate singing &amp;#34;As Long as You&amp;#39;re Mine&amp;#34; recorded with YouTuber Maisie Waller: &lt;a href="https://youtu.be/QPnrF6KI3n0" rel="nofollow"&gt;youtu.be/QPnrF6KI3n0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nate performing &amp;#34;As Long as You&amp;#39;re Mine&amp;#34; live at a cabaret night in Montclair, NJ, with Allison Gormley: &lt;a href="https://youtu.be/F_PLkHMGDCo" rel="nofollow"&gt;youtu.be/F_PLkHMGDCo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out Jessica&amp;#39;s podcast at &lt;a href="https://dauntless.fm/leavingthevillage" rel="nofollow"&gt;dauntless.fm/leavingthevillage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;YouTube chapters:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- 00:00:00 - Intro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- 00:04:47 - Musical theatre talk&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- 00:37:40 - &lt;em&gt;Wicked&lt;/em&gt; and the Evangelical reaction&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- 01:53:22 - Our own reaction to &lt;em&gt;Wicked: Part 1&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow us on Bluesky at &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/fullmutuality.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;@fullmutuality.com&lt;/a&gt;, on Facebook at &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/fullmutuality" rel="nofollow"&gt;fb.com/fullmutuality&lt;/a&gt;, and on Instagram at &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/fullmutuality/" rel="nofollow"&gt;@fullmutuality&lt;/a&gt;. Join the conversation in our Discord server at &lt;a href="https://open.acast.com/shows/62e02a187cdbcd0012eecb65/episodes/dauntless.fm/discord-server" rel="nofollow"&gt;dauntless.fm/discord-server&lt;/a&gt;. Visit &lt;a href="https://www.fullmutuality.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;fullmutuality.com&lt;/a&gt; for more ways to connect with us.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Full Mutuality&lt;/em&gt; is a Dauntless Media Collective podcast. Visit &lt;a href="https://dauntless.fm/" rel="nofollow"&gt;dauntless.fm&lt;/a&gt; for more content.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://patreon.com/fullmutuality" rel="nofollow"&gt;Join as a partner on Patreon for exclusive content!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Full Mutuality

Full Mutuality

S2E15: Defying Evangelicalism: Our Thoughts on Wicked

NOV 27, 2024135 MIN
Full Mutuality

S2E15: Defying Evangelicalism: Our Thoughts on Wicked

NOV 27, 2024135 MIN

Description

The biggest Broadway musical adaptation has hit the big screen, and for some reason Evangelicals have some thoughts on it. Our dear friend Jessica Goforth from the Leaving the Village podcast sat down with us to chat about the new movie, Wicked: Part 1.We spend a chunk of the episode talking about musical theatre in general, along with some other Wicked-adjacent topics, so if you want to jump straight into our conversation about Wicked itself, skip straight to 37:40.Nate recently wrote an essay with even more thoughts on some of the political themes in Wicked as well as how some of the characters resonate with the Exvangelical experience. You can give it a read here: natenakao.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/wicked-through-and-throughAlso, as mentioned in the episode, here are a few little performances Jessica and Nate did of a couple songs from Wicked:Jessica singing "Popular" on Smule: facebook.com/jess.j.goforth/videos/553732644075224Nate singing "As Long as You're Mine" recorded with YouTuber Maisie Waller: youtu.be/QPnrF6KI3n0Nate performing "As Long as You're Mine" live at a cabaret night in Montclair, NJ, with Allison Gormley: youtu.be/F_PLkHMGDCo---Check out Jessica's podcast at dauntless.fm/leavingthevillage.---YouTube chapters:- 00:00:00 - Intro- 00:04:47 - Musical theatre talk- 00:37:40 - Wicked and the Evangelical reaction- 01:53:22 - Our own reaction to Wicked: Part 1---Follow us on Bluesky at @fullmutuality.com, on Facebook at fb.com/fullmutuality, and on Instagram at @fullmutuality. Join the conversation in our Discord server at dauntless.fm/discord-server. Visit fullmutuality.com for more ways to connect with us.Full Mutuality is a Dauntless Media Collective podcast. Visit dauntless.fm for more content.Join as a partner on Patreon for exclusive content!