Wicked 2: For Good (For Kids?)

For whatever reason, my kids love asking about Wicked (the movie). We listen to the first soundtrack all the time and luckily we took a break for a while. Since Wicked 2 came out, my 6 year old daughter and 5 year old son knew Mommy and Daddy went to watch it in theaters. Of course they had questions about what happened since I explained the first Wicked to them when that movie came out back in the day.

Without spoilers here, I give them the complete rundown on the way to swim class one day. They kept asking for details, so I kept giving it to them. Since they are much older than before when the first Wicked came out, we went into why things happened and who did some not-so-nice things. By the end of the explanation of the story and the complete run down, I think my kids did not want to actually watch the movie (neither the first or the second).

What scared them was how drastic things turned in Wicked 2 and how things seemed more adult. There weren’t any gruesome scenes shown in the movie, but the way things happened made it scary for them. I don’t want to hide everything from them because they should understand some things about the world. E is a particularly visual thinker, so I’m sure she imagined what happened in the movie in detail. Since it was shocking for them, we took a break from listening to the Wicked 2 soundtrack and talking about the movie for a while.

Now, it has settled in and we are back to talking about the movie and listening to both soundtracks in the car. They are still so interested in the story because it has interesting characters, great music, and a complex storyline that draws them in. There is lots to learn from even movies like this and the bottom line that I keep reinforcing is to tell the truth directly to others, even if it ends up hurting them because you don’t want things to drag on (and to tell the truth at a much later time). I think the characters in the movie along with my kids could benefit from that advice!