Cinepals - WICKED (2024) Movie Reaction & Review! | First Time Watch | Cynthia Erivo | Ariana Grande

Episode Date: March 18, 2025

Based on the bestselling book of the same name written by Gregory Maguire, Wicked reimagines the classic The Wizard of Oz story from the perspective of Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West. Wicked (2024), directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights, Now You See Me 2), features a stellar ensemble cast. Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, The Outsider, Bad Times at the El Royale) stars as Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, while Ariana Grande (Victorious, Sam & Cat, Don't Look Up) portrays Glinda, the Good Witch. Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton, Broadchurch, Crashing) takes on the role of Fiyero, Elphaba's love interest. Ethan Slater (SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, Fosse/Verdon, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) plays Boq, a Munchkin enamored with Glinda. Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live, The Other Two, Fire Island) portrays Pfannee, a fellow student at Shiz University. Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Station Agent) assumes the role of Doctor Dillamond, a professor at Shiz. Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Crazy Rich Asians, Everything Everywhere All at Once) plays Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Shiz University. Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Thor: Ragnarok) stars as The Wizard, the enigmatic ruler of Oz. Join us on YouTube at https://www.YouTube.com/@Cinepals for the cutdown reaction or becoming a Patron at www.cinejump.com and get access to the uncut reaction for this movie as well as many other movies and shows! SOCIAL MEDIA ~CINEPALS~ YouTube: @CinePals Insta: https://instagram.com/TheCinePals Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCinePals

Senna. I'm so excited. Wicked is finally here. I didn't watch this in the theaters, I know, but we're watching it now. And I am over the moon, and I hope that Jabby will be as excited as me. I read the book, loved it, saw the show in the West End in London, loved it. So I am very, very excited, and in preparation I've already been listening to the soundtrack, and it's so, so good.

And I hope that Jabby is going to feel the love as well and get as excited. I mean, the only thing I have on this is the trailer. That's it. I saw the trailer. I felt like I saw the whole movie in the trailer. But people are like, no, no, no. But you need to watch the movie.

I'm like, okay, all right, then. Yeah. So without further ado, we're going to do it. By the way, there's like more ado. I didn't even realize how many Wizard of Oz spinoffs that there were. after the wizard legends of Oz the land of Oz by Shirley Temple the great and powerful I know that one

Oz the great and powerful yeah yeah it was like wow there's a lot it's great IP but none compare to wicked well we're about to find out yes all right if you guys want to watch along with us on Patreon do join us there all the infos in the description

otherwise let's jump into this here we go wow blackout that was it display of power wow nice fluidity with the sound effects too dang I think her cloak got longer too damn they made her flying like Superman yeah it's got like that breaking the sound barrier thing oh my god wow that was so great that was like i'm so emotional that was literally like even better than i thought it was going to be it's so good and actually like

when when they first announced it they're like oh it's going to be in two parts i was like that's silly but actually now that I see it I'm like I'm glad because we get to see more and you know explore the story more and go into it deeper which I think is like more in keeping with the book perhaps so yeah do you read the book I did but it's it's been so long that like I don't I just remember broad strokes I don't remember a lot of the the details but I think that they like John M. Chu did such a fantastic job with the direction of this movie and just like everything as a whole was just so beautifully executed and really well done from like the costumes, the sets, the makeup, the props, the choreography, the singing obviously was just top tier, the dancing, like everything. It was just like a wonderful, beautiful spectacle. I don't know why I thought she played the role on stage. She didn't.

She's a, but she's, uh, Cynthia Erevo is, uh, she's a, like, musical theater actress. Okay, okay, okay, that's, that's, that's the information that I had. Okay, yeah, yeah, now it makes sense why I had that confusion. Right, yeah. So, like, she's, as far as I know, she's very well regarded and respected within the musical theater world. And like, she smashed it in this role. Like, what you were saying about how. how when she's performing and especially when she's singing,

like you feel all of that emotion. And like I listened to the soundtrack as soon as it came out. And I got to the song Defying Gravity. And I was just like hanging out in my room by myself listening to it just, you know, off my phone. And I started crying. And that was just like, that was just a song, which I think, you know, the music in this musical in itself is just so good and especially defying gravity like there's something about

the notes the way they rise to me it it like makes you imagine like the ascent that she has as she's flying the lyrics are so powerful and so yeah it just it makes me really emotional every time I hear it but anyway enough for me what about you as your very first experience with this. Yeah, I liked it. I liked it quite a bit. There was a reviewer I had who I've been watching for years, I watched him talk about it. And he said that he liked it, but he felt like he got half a movie. I didn't quite get that sense. Like, if you stop the story here, it actually works as its own, for me, anyway, not knowing the whole thing and what's ahead. To me, it's like, okay, then I can kind of see how you get from this point to the Wizard of Oz. I can sort of fill it in.

Not fully, but I can sort of fill it in. One thing he did complain about that, I did kind of feel towards the end is that it felt like it was filling in time to feel like a fuller film. Like for me, at a certain point, I'm like, okay. Like, I was really in there with the adventure of all of it. And then in the last 30 minutes, I'm like, this is feeling like there's more in here

than maybe it's entirely necessary. I can't quite tell you where, because I literally just watched it. But there was a feeling that I was starting to have at a certain point. And it might just be accumulative because of the length of the film. But I enjoyed it thoroughly. Like, I thought there was a lot more laughter than I was expecting.

I didn't know what to expect, to be honest with you. The trailer really turned me off just because they gave so much away. Do you think they gave away too much now that you've seen it? Absolutely. Yeah. Like, they gave away the entire story. But I think there's sort of the expectation that you were probably familiar with the story. Right, because you're, like, I can't imagine too many people are unfamiliar.

familiar with the Wizard of Oz. Oh, well, the Wizard of... No, yes. I, of course, I'm familiar with the Wizard of Oz. However, I wasn't familiar with this particular chapter of her life, this story, right? This is, like, yeah, it is separate. I got really upset with the trailer. It, like, kind of made me not want to watch the movie just because it showed me so much

of the story. And so it did give pretty much the whole movie away. However, the experience of the movie, they could not box into the trailer. Yeah. If anything, like, I shouldn't have seen the trailer. There's no way the trailer could... It didn't do the movie justice. That's the easiest way to put it.

There, between the dancing, the music. I didn't love the music as much as you did. I can objectively recognize that the music is great. I didn't love it as much as you. I love the dancing. I love the choreography. I love the set design. I would say a good solid 70% of the CG.

I'm like, it's right there. There's 30% where even the book, it looked like very obvious animation. Costumes were on point. Yeah. So, yeah, as a whole, like, I thoroughly enjoyed this. I thought Michel Yo did a fantastic job. Ariadne Grande freckin stole the show half the time because she was just, like, so dialed in with her character. Cynthia Arrivo, she, like, made me emotional.

Stunning. Just, like, I didn't quite cry, but, like, I was nearly there many times. And it's no fault of her performance. Like, she was doing, sometimes when you're in this sort of setting, you know, I can become a little bit more aware of what's happening it's about to happen and I can stop yourself stop don't do it yeah and so but I thought she did a fantastic job and Jeff Goldblum I thought his performance as the wizard like it was I thought he did it perfectly even with his Goldblum isms like I thought he did it perfectly is Jonathan Bailey the prince yes I liked him a lot too like his between his his performance as that as that character

and having to like deal with this mixture of feelings because he's started this thing with Ariana Grande, but now he's dealing with, like, this, you know, the woman he met in the woods and trying to do what's right and trying to, like, say something without saying, like, all of the things that he's experiencing for the first time. I thought he did a great job of giving us that while being magical with his fucking feet. Like, yeah, like, I thought he was fantastic. Yeah. So, yeah, and Peter Dinklage's voice acting, I thought was pretty, was spot on for this. Like, like, that, that moved me more than anything he's ever done before. More than any performance of his.

It's helped by the animation. It's helped by the character. It's helped by the situation. He naturally is playing, you know, the underdog. And so, yeah, I thought it was quite so. Oh, and then, of course, you had the, sorry, the Bowen Yang, one of the guys who was, like, a groupie. The one from Saturday Night Live. Dude.

His, he had. He had some amazing, I mean, Saturday Night Live, but he had some just perfect moments, like the perfect response. like when he just him and the other girl who was like a good support for his comedy when when he was walking up like what are you doing yeah they were just really fun yeah it was it was great um there were so many fantastic moments throughout the film yeah like and everyone was just so on point with like all of the choreography like everyone was just so good it really felt like they had cast the best of the best for everyone you know and i will shout out my friend Robin Giver, who played Chistri, and he talked about it on his Facebook. He was like, I felt so honored to be able to do a transformation scene in front of Jeff Goldblum, one of my heroes, who obviously did a really amazing transformation scene in the fly. And he was like, it was such a, like, nerdy thing to be able to be like, I'm going to do my

thing and do this like transformation. for a Chistri and be in the same room as Jeff Goldblum while I'm doing it. This is a big nerdy ask, but I do wish that they had released an IMAX version of this for home release, so it would be modeled after like the original 4-3 aspect ratio of the Wizard of Oz. Yeah, I mean, I was thinking like how cool it must have been. I mean, I imagine that they had IMAX screenings of this, but like some of those like, I iconic images of, especially at the end, where Alphabah's on her broom, and it's just her really

small and, like, you see her witchiness just ascending on her broom in the frame, and it's just so beautiful. Like, yeah, I imagine it must have been such a treat to watch it in the theater, but, like, wow, what, what a beautiful, beautiful movie. Okay, so I was a little bit incorrect in saying 4-3. It's actually 1-3-7-1 for the super nerds out there in case anyone gets snobby in the comments. I caught it. It's 1-3-7-1. But it's pretty much like 4-3.

It's like it's a square, you know, which is very close to what IMAX is. Right. So I'm like, it perfectly lends itself to that aspect ratio. And this kind of film, being very grand in its scope of things, very sweeping shots and all that stuff, I feel like it easily lends itself to being IMAX. So it's a little bit surprised. I don't know. I haven't actually bothered to check if there was a 4-3 or IMAX-released version of it. But it just seems like that would be a natural thing to do given the history.

But it was just so well done. Like every frame was just so beautiful and really well thought out, at least in my opinion. You know, like it was just stunning. Yeah, they didn't have an IMAX version. Oh, that's a shame. Yeah. But like it's such a, such a beautiful rendition of a really wonderful West End play. And, you know, to be able to put it on the big screen and, like, use all of the tools and things that you can do in the medium of cinema that you can't do in theater to just, like, really, like, up that level of magic.

Yeah. Because I was just, like, blown away the whole time I was. watching it because it's just such an inviting world. There's like this sense of whimsy and just, yeah, the pure magic of it all. It's like you can't help but enjoy it, at least for me. If I could be granted one more like nerd wish do-over in this whole thing, it would be that this was shot on film. Just like, you know, the original.

Because the IMAX film, it's like, come on. This would be perfect for it. I know, it would. Yeah, I feel like they really missed a trick. But it's, I mean, it's still a wonderful film. they still did a great job i enjoyed it way more than i had expected to uh at the outset the feeling i was prepared to have is and just sort of like trudging through because i'm like you know yeah because you you you don't really watch musicals and that's not really like your my bag

favorite genre but like you know we watched wonka together uh enjoyed that i enjoyed this more yeah and i i had a feeling that you would enjoy this as well um and i'm really glad that you enjoyed it even more than Wonka because I mean I loved Wonka and I love this more both excellent and yeah it was just such a such a great experience and I'm so glad that I have bought this now and that there is a sing-along version because I had to hold back I was holding back I cannot wait I don't know why you didn't go for it no because no one wants to hear me sing along to to these songs like Ariana Grande it would have made things easier for the You should have just done it.

The ending was a little long. I think that's what it was more than anything. The ending was, like, they really took their time closing out the film. And for some people, it's perfect. For me, it's not. Like, it felt akin to my first experience with Batman Begins. I'm like, is this over yet? Like, we're still going?

I thought it was done, like, five minutes ago. Why is this still? And I felt really thrown off by the, I mean, maybe that's a deliberate misdirect. But when she was singing along with her, like, we're going to do this together. Partners. Yeah, friends. And then she's like, but psych, I'm staying. Yeah, I mean, that's just kind of her character, right?

Like, she doesn't have the bravery, I suppose, to join Elphaba in her crusade. If you took out that little song bit, for me, I have to be careful here, for me, I think I would have gotten even more emotional because I was so focused on the misdirect. I'm like, oh, okay, cool, this is going to work out. But, like, it was trying to take me away from the feeling I was already on the journey towards, which is, oh, shit. like this sucks, they have to part ways now. Yeah, but like it totally, when you watch, when you see that and then you think back to the beginning scene and Glinda's behavior and how, like, there were little glimpses of the hurt feelings she had when people were saying things about Elphaba and like how

wicked and evil she was because Glinda knows, right? She knows the truth. And they're saying this about someone who she considered a friend. And in a way, like, she's, maybe I'm projecting, but, like, she has to face her cowardice. I forgot about that whole opening sequence, to be honest with you, until you just said it. Yeah. Like, I, it was, I, the movie, as far as I was concerned, started when they were at the school. Right.

Like, because I, like, it didn't come back, so I forgot about it. No. Yeah. But. They did a Bahubali here, literally. For those of you were, like, totally like, what? Bahubali is an Indian film in South Indian. in film specifically.

The same guys who did RRR or director who did RR, they split Bahubali in half. And so it's a flashback. And then the movie continues in the flashback and then comes back to the present and there's a whole other film. And so it seems like that's something similar is happening here.

Well, yeah, because it picks up, it starts at the end, which is like Alphabet's dead, right? The Wicked Witch of the West is dead. And we all know that because that's what happened at the beginning of the Wizard of Oz. But I really love how Gregory McGuire, like, kind of changed the story and gave us, like, the villain origin,

but then it's like, is she really the villain, though? And it makes you question, like, exactly what the wizard was saying, right? He's like, people just need a common enemy. They just need someone to direct their hate towards. And then so she becomes that thing, that person, that object of hate. And so it kind of makes you question, you know, how. are we being manipulated in our lives to look at certain people or groups of people a specific way. Yeah. I'm pretty sure that was by design to be thought provoking and start conversations.

I just want to acknowledge the dancers in the film. I thought, you know, I don't know your names, but y'all did great. So the choreography, the synchronicity of it all, it was fantastic. You brought this shit to life in a way that was great. And I think that like oftentimes the background dancers you know it's in the name they go unacknowledged I think you all did a fantastic job so good I was trying my best to pay attention to all the movement going on how beletic it was you know whatever like I can't recognize all the things I don't know all the terminology I can just recognize dope movement and I saw like just how beautiful and graceful and how effortless they made it look and that to me is a sign of like just amazing dancing is when you can make it look effortless

yeah you know and also like that one scene as well in the library right was so cool so imaginative that was probably one of my favorite pieces of movement in the whole movie just the way that they were kind of jumping in and out and up and around it's just incredible am i misremembering aren't the munchkins like smaller in the original yeah why do they change that is this like a politically correct move is that why they changed i don't know i mean they're a little bit shorter all right but i haven't watched the original in a while but no like Like in this, I'm saying they're, they're still shorter, but they're not like, you know, teeny. All right.

That munchkin guy, he just seemed like barely under regular height. Yeah. You know? He wasn't even two books shorter than Fiera. Right. Exactly. Yeah. It was just like, okay, you can call him that.

I just, hey, all right. I don't know what people get offended by at this point. To me, it would have been fine. a lot of, this just feels very similar to the seven dwarves thing all over again. It's just like, that's a lot of work for, you know, a lot of roles for people who don't often get work. Sure. Yeah.

But, hey, you know, if it's offensive and they would rather not have that job, then who am I to say anything about it? I mean, definitely a lot of people got hired on this job. But if that's that sure. That's, yeah. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. No, I do know another friend who worked on this, but I don't see her credited in this.

But she is a, she's four foot 10, four foot 11. Okay, okay. She's little. All right, that's fair. Yeah, that's fair. Yeah. Can I tell you a cute little fun fact? Please.

About Ariana Grande. The suspense is killing me. The suspense is, I don't, I don't know how deep you get into like this stuff, but I doubt you do. But anyway, being in this musical is like her dream. Oh. Ever since she was a little kid. and when she was really young her grandma took her to see a production of Wicked

How old is she? She looks so young She is really I think she's in her 30s Oh Well they made her look quite She looked like 18 years old I don't know Yeah I'm not sure exactly how old she is 31 you're right

Right spot on wow So anyway Her grandma took her to see the musical And she got to hold on The guy who played the Munchkins or boyfriend Is that the same guy? Yes There was a whole drama surrounding that Jabby Kauai.

She stole him from his wife. Oh, sorry. Do you not? No, I wasn't. I wasn't going to talk about the drama, but... I want to know the drama. That sounds so fascinating. This story is much more fascinating than the drama, Jabby Koeh.

I beg to differ. This is a story of a young girl having her dream come true. She got to take a picture with Kristen Chenoweth, who was Glinda. And then she, like, manifested it into reality. To have her play. No explosions, no dinosaurs, no guns. Like, like betrayal is interesting. So what happened?

They just started a relationship. On set? They were on set, and he was still married. Was it on its way out? I don't know. I'm not friends with them. Dang. That sucks with the wife.

I know. But damn, what an upgrade. Damn. Jabby Koeh. Look, I don't know what the wife looks like, okay? I'm just, I'm bullshitting, okay? I'm just making a joke. I'm sorry at the wife's expense.

I'm sorry. I'm very sorry for that situation because I know that that really must suck hard. And it's very public and that has to suck. Yeah. But if like me for instance, right, I dated this girl and we separated and then she moved on to this dude who was tall and mussely and wealthy. And I was like, I get it. Like, I can't even feel bad. Now, the situation's totally different because she was married.

But dang, like, Ariana Grande, okay. Cool, good for them. Hopefully it works out and doesn't just, like, that, because that's, he was married. That sucks. Yeah. It'd be less, it'd be less shitty if, it's always shitty. Let's just be real. But it'd be less shitty if they weren't married.

Like, dang, you made a commitment for life and they blew it off, Ariana freaking Grande. Yeah, wow. You really do live in a bubble, eh? That's like, man, though. Like, I feel like that's like the apple in the Garden of Eden, though. Like, how do you say no? I guess you just say no.

Yeah. I'm making myself look so bad right now. But I'm just saying, like, okay, I don't know, man. It's very tempting, yes. But you're supposed to say no to the apple. You are supposed to say no. Shame on him. I don't like him anymore.

I don't feel bad for his character. more that was terrible terrible terrible how could you i'm sorry i shared that with you suddenly just like that was such an interesting tidbit achara it's old news jabby well hopefully they adopt a bunch of you know vietnamese kids and then one day he you know scolds one of them on an airplane and that becomes headlines and then they split up and then she takes all the kids and then he plays you know technically angelina jolly's kid is not vietnamese oh what is he's Cambodian oh okay whoops but that's really close though

wrong Southeast Asia but that's super close it is super close yeah I mean come on it's like you know being born in Nevada but you like California

I don't know I mean I think he's from Cambodia I might be wrong that's super that's super close yeah yeah you go far back enough we're all the same anyway so

I'm gonna get so fucking roasted so anyway sorry I got so excited on that because it was so far I'm like what really because like in the movie she just like I know

I know, and then you see him have all these, like, longing looks towards her. That did cross my mind. But I was like, you know, I'm not going to bring the drama into the reaction. But I guess we're on the discussion now. So we can spill the tea and drama away. Oh, man, that sucks for the wife. He was giving her. I feel so bad for the wife now.

Yeah. Like all these, everywhere you go, oh, damn, that sucks. All the big posters. Everywhere you go, there's like posters everywhere, this fucking movie where it's like, and just like constantly having your fucking. fucking soul ripped out of you everywhere you go yeah damn that sucks for her hopefully the divorce settlement is strong this happens a lot in hollywood though this is why you just can't trust actors i know how you feel about actors jabby uh-huh yeah yeah anyway i don't know i i ran into

this is so off topic now but who gives a shit at this point if you're here you're here um i ran into someone at a place i can't be too specific because i don't want to like create a problem for him but it was a friend and he's like Hey, how are you doing? I'm like, I'm good, I'm good. I wasn't really trying to have a conversation but, you know, I was in the middle of something

so he, I'm trying so hard not to be specific and I go, how are you and your wife? He's like, we're good. I might be losing her. We might be going through a divorce. I'm like, what just happened here? I was in the middle of this And now I'm being pulled over to this.

And now I got a white man. What happened now? And apparently he was in a little production of something. I wouldn't say what. And he caught feelings for a colleague in the thing. Thankfully, they managed to work it out, unlike these two, or this guy with his wife. Oh, okay. Yep.

So, but damn. I get it. Shit. It's complicated. It is complicated. Anyway, so she was a little girl. and she was super I already told you

No, no, no, no, let's walk She manifested it She was a little bit How old was she when she saw it for the first time? Like, young, I don't know Two? You can look it up All right

And so then, no, that's not interesting I want to hear you tell me your version I told you and then you got fixated I don't know how old she was, like 12 Okay, so she was 12 And she saw this for the first time And the glitz and the glam And she's like, I want to be that

Yeah, and she had a picture With the original Glinda And then did a performance with her in the movie. Yeah. And I thought that was so cool. Yeah. I loved that.

And like the, the bits where they had Kristen Chenoweth with Ariana Grande and Edina Menzel with Cynthia Aerovo, I was like, oh, my God, yes. My little heart was just so happy and excited to see that to be like, I'm passing the baton, you know, unto the next generation of Glinda and Elphaba. That's cool. Yeah. And she made it happen. She did make it happen. She gets to do it for two movies. do come true as long as just don't count on the wizard as long as you're Ariana

Granda you get everything you want dang shit I feel for that wife yeah that sucks it really does like why did it have to be someone famous oh I know right anyway my my head hurts from crying so much this is so good I don't know I feel like I'm not the only one who had this response because I saw, you know, all of my friends when this came out, like all of my theatre friends or just, you know, lots of my female friends who love musical theatre and stuff, they're all like, oh my God, I was like crying the whole way through. I'm like, I'm pretty sure that's going to be potentially what happens when I watch this. And like, I could already feel the tears brimming at the back of my eyes very early on in the

movie. I'm like, oh my God, I'm not going to make it. I thought Cynthia Revo was beautiful. Gorgeous. Yeah, like, try to figure out, like, the gentleman way to say the thought in my head. But it's like, how dare all these people have this, like, aversion to her? She's so gorgeous. She's so beautiful to look at.

I'm like, I think I have, like, this residual gamora in my brain. And so when I'm looking at her, you know what I mean? You're like, yeah, so you're green, so what? It's not like we haven't seen green people before. Have you never seen Guardians of the Galaxy? Well, that's, okay, so it's not just, it's not just Gomorra and Guardians of the Galaxy. There was also, if I recall correctly, was she green at the beginning of Star Trek with Chris Pine and this girl. Oh, she was definitely different colors.

Yeah. Yeah. And it's like, she's still hot, though. Like, I still get it. Hot is hot. Yeah, hot is hot. And so I'm looking at Cynthia Erivo as this green lady. I'm like, okay, so her outfit's a little funk, but she's still gorgeous.

I mean, I like her outfit, that kind of like goffy witch outfit. I'm into it. Okay, well, look, if everyone else is in like this spanking, you know, colorful school uniform, and then this person walks up in a goth outfit, it's going to be a little bit of an aversion. That more than her face, like, for me, I was quite taken. I was like, oh, I didn't look close enough when we were watching the trailer. I guess because like I thought she was quite attractive here yeah so beautiful yeah really really beautiful I still don't like her response to the poster or the fan poster I should say

oh oh yeah yeah that was yeah that was some weird unnecessary drama out of proportion yeah but you know what considering all of the drama surrounding this movie I think it's a testament to how good the movie is and also potentially like the the love from the fan base of the musical that it has been as successful as it has been, if that makes sense. Yeah, I mean, she's a, she's a force to be reckoned with because she's, she's beautiful, uh, she sings well, she moves well, she acts well, she acts well. She's got the, she's got the acting chops. Triple threat, baby.

Exactly. Um, most definitely. I hope that the whole poster debacle, you know, I hope that she's able to come away with like just a little bit of, uh, an understanding that, you know, I don't know. I hope she learned something from that. And goes on to, like, continue it's after this to have a freaking super successful career because I think she's super talented. Yeah. Yeah.

Like, sometimes you need something like that to, like, check you, you know, and remind you. It's just like, you know, you're not holier than that. Yeah, yeah, calm down. It's okay. It's not that serious. Yeah. But she's most definitely, I can totally understand why they picked her. Yeah.

Because she is. She's the whole package. Yeah. She's amazing. Yeah. And so. I'm so excited for the second installment now. because a lot of exciting stuff happens.

There's more, baby. And, yeah, the shit's going to hit the fan. And, like, I can't wait to see it. I hope we get a little bit more singing from Michelle Yew in the sequel. Because she can sing. Did you ever hear the comet butterfly and sword thing? I never showed it to you? No.

I guess you guys can go and look for that on your own. I'll play it for you after this. And that could be a little Patreon gift. So your reaction to that. So you guys, thanks so much for hanging. Hopefully you enjoyed that. I apologize for derailing the conversation a little bit. I just got so excited.

Drama. It's juicy drama. But anyway. Jabby loves the drama. Yes, I do. You guys, thanks so much for hanging out. I'm Jabby Koie. This is...

Achara Kirk. Peace out.