"Wicked" and "divine" aren't necessarily polar opposites. But the word also means godly, marvelous, superhuman. And the gods we meet in Wicked tend to be more wicked with superpowers than they are a pantheon divided into good gods and bad gods.Īnd this collection of deities - the ones we've seen so far - are mostly women and people of color. Sekhmet, an Egyptian God, has the same skin color and cat eyes as Rihanna. Lucifer, the devil, is androgynous, looking like David Bowie during his White Duke phase. The Morrigan, an Irish mythological figure, is three different women. Seeing people of color and women in positions of power is, unfortunately, still rare in fiction. It's even rarer to see non-white and female characters who are allowed to bring humanity to violence, anger, and selfishness, to get to play the wide range of emotions available to straight, white men. That's what makes Gillen's saucy, salty world feel so special. Gillen's characters stretch, fumble, push the limits, and carve out their own successes and failures in these roles. ![]() ![]() We see a (gay?) black man become a champion of the rules and the Prince of Darkness take shape as a blonde, genderqueer figure:īut make no mistake - these characters don't have carte blanche. They're limited by public perception and rules they didn't write.
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