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Why do I love this place that’s never loved me?
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- The Nuance Diaries
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- Nov 21, 2025
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- 479
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Summary
I thought I was going to wrap up the “The Best Showgirls are a Wicked Kind of Wonderful” series this week, but after seeing Wicked For Good last night —- that’s not where I am mentally; I want to reflect on this iconic film in a different way. (I will finish that series soon though, don’t worry!) Below is a thread that I posted ( on threads, where I’m posting more commentary ) before passing out on my couch last night. I woke up to thousands of likes and reposts and shares and replies. I’m so grateful my words are resonating with so many of you who are clearly having such similar thoughts and perspectives. If you haven’t seen the movie yet and don’t want spoilers - skip this until you’ve seen it! Go catch up on the series mentioned above or read another one of my latest pieces, like this one . This is your last warning, THERE ARE WICKED FOR GOOD SPOILERS AHEAD. And if you’re not a Wicked fan/weren’t planning to see it…this might just convince you to? Also - stay tuned for a special Sunday edition of The Nuance Diaries where I’ll be making a big announcement! As Glinda says, “you don’t want to miss this.” I do wish there was some way to like, magically go back in time or even see this movie in the Kamala timeline (the imagined world where Kamala Harris won the election.) Because the thing is, the Wicked team didn’t know the world would be like this, when they made the movie. But now that it is — you can’t not see the political landscape of America mirrored throughout Oz. No Place Like Home is about to be a protest anthem. As Keke Palmer once said, that’s a slave hymn. Seeing Wicked in 2003 as an eight year old — my first thought was not “Omg Glinda stands for all the complicit white women who don’t see the grave harm and danger they put black women in by aligning with t…