The Wicked Witch, Elphaba (originally played by the excellent Idina Menzel), turns out to be good, while Glinda the Good Witch (originally played by Kristen Chenoweth) is exposed as a smug, ambitious, manipulative bitch, with little talent for sorcery.

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"Wicked, " based on Gregory Maguire's cult novel, tells the story of two young witches-to-be, one a green brooder who will be the Wicked Witch of the West and the other blond and bubbly, who will be Glinda the Good Witch.

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Like a benevolent Ursula the Sea Witch, the Global Good Challenge is most interested in getting your voice.

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Eventually, the witch hunts mostly stopped and the game became based on its merits: It's either good, entertaining basketball, or it's not.

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