While I am LOVING all of the discussions about the characters and underlying messages in Wicked, I really, really, REALLY hope we all apply this same lens to our own REAL LIVES. From the very first time I saw the stage production years ago, I identified with Elphaba, especially as it relates to my family dynamic. I was made out to be the wicked one because my mom needed a scapegoat for her inability to deal with her own trauma and thus, her parenting failures. Now that I stepped up 1/