Wicked Wedding: Glinda's Dress, Elphaba's Fury

The wedding of Glinda and Fiyero in Emerald City was a visual masterpiece, with costume designer Paul Tazewell crafting a gown of silk satin and organza. The dress, embellished with dimensional butterflies, extended to a 25-meter veil, creating a theatrical atmosphere within the Wizard's Hall of Grandiosity. Production designer Nathan Crowley enhanced the scene with circular trees and gold butterflies lining the aisle, underscoring Glinda's fairy tale moment.

However, this opulent celebration was abruptly interrupted. Elphaba discovered the Wizard's secret operation of caging Oz's animals directly beneath the wedding hall. Her outrage triggered the release of the creatures, causing a stampede that destroyed the wedding festivities and symbolized the stark divergence in the sisters' paths and the harsh realities of Oz.

Cinematographer Alice Brooks noted the scene's symbolism, with Glinda ascending towards yellow, representing intuition, while Elphaba descended into darkness. Editors Myron Kerstein and Tatiana S. Riegel debated intercutting the contrasting events, ultimately choosing to juxtapose Glinda's wish fulfillment with Elphaba's devastating discovery, a decision lauded as cinematic genius for its dramatic impact.