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Question: In the musical Wicked!.!.!.!?
did you ever realize that the very first word is "good" and the very last is "wicked"!? my sister figured this out!. do you think it was intentional!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
The first word IS good, Tommy Sparks!.

"Good news! She's Dead!!.!.!."

My guess is that the last word is probably just reminding people of the title and the main themes of the play!. It's very common for the last word of the musical to be it's title!.!.!.!. BUT i could be completely wrong, nice observation, though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, its a loop!. Wicked starts with the celebration of Elphaba's 'death', and then it goes back and we see how things came to be how they are!. So at the end its back to the time of the celebration, which is now in the distance because we are more focused on Elphaba and Fiyero's escape!.

The show both starts and ends with No One Mourns the Wicked because the general public still thinks Elphaba is wicked, and the finale has parts of For Good mixed in to show that no matter what Glinda and Elphaba have changed each other!.!.!.for good!.

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NOMTW lyrics(first part):

CITIZENS OF OZ:
Good news! She's dead!
The Witch of the West is dead!
The wickedest witch there ever was
The enemy of all of us here in Oz
Is Dead!
Good news!
Good news!

~skip Glinda, Secret Lover, Birth of Elphaba parts~

ALL
No one mourns the Wicked!
Now at last, she's dead and gone!
Now at last, there's joy throughout the land
And Goodness knows
We know what Goodness is
Goodness knows
The Wicked die alone

GLINDA
She died alone!.!.!.

ALL
Woe to those
Who spurn what Goodness
They are shown
No one mourns the Wicked

GLINDA
Good news!
CROWD
No one mourns the Wicked!

GLINDA
Good news!

ALL
No one mourns the Wicked!
Wicked!
Wicked!
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Finale Lyrics:

CELEBRANTS
No one mourns the Wicked
Now at last she's dead and gone
Now at last there's joy throughout the land

ALL
Good news!
Good news:

GLINDA
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better
But:

ELPHABA:
Because I knew you:

CROWD
No one mourns the Wicked:

GLINDA
Because I knew you:

ELPHABA AND GLINDA
I have been changed:

CROWD
No one mourns the Wicked
Wicked:
Wicked!Www@QuestionHome@Com

The last word wicked was probably intentional, but good being the first word is n'tWww@QuestionHome@Com

Maybe, who knows!. That's interesting though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com