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The long-awaited conclusion to Hollywood’s Wicked saga arrived in late November with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande reprising their roles under Jon M. Chu’s direction, and it landed as a full‑scale cultural moment on November 21, 2025. The film is a lavish, big‑budget studio production that the industry has proudly rolled out as an event picture, complete with awards buzz and a massive marketing push.
But beneath the glitter and show tunes the sequel leans darker, leaning into witchcraft, political violence, body transformations and morally ambiguous heroism in ways that many parents did not expect from a movie being sold to families. The plot leans on the Grimoire, enchanted shoes and scenes of magical coercion that make the fantasy feel less like harmless escapism and more like an ideological exercise.
Conservative and Christian groups were quick to respond, with some organizations calling for boycotts and warning that the film normalizes sorcery and sexual identity themes aimed at younger audiences. That pushback isn’t some fringe internet rumor; organized campaigns and petitions sprang up because ordinary parents saw a glossy studio product and feared it was soft‑selling ideas that contradict their religious and moral convictions.
Not every faith‑minded critic sounded the alarm in the same chorus. Some Christian reviewers noted that the sequel actually tightens up the moral questions from the first film and emphasizes personal responsibility over simple determinism, making the narrative arguably less corrosive to a Christian worldview in certain respects. Still, those same reviewers admit the imagery and magic are uncomfortable for many families who hold to a traditional Christian understanding of creation.
The real story here is not just what’s on screen but how Hollywood packages and promotes it. Studio marketing flattened a complex, adult musical into a product aimed at a mass family audience, then acted surprised when parents — the people who pay the bills — pushed back. We should have predictable outrage when big business decides to use the multiplex as a cultural classroom without asking parents if they want their children enrolled.
Americans who love their children and their faith must stop treating entertainment as neutral. You can enjoy a movie and still insist that children be shielded from sustained exposure to themes that seek to invert the order of God’s design or normalize spiritual practices contrary to Biblical teaching. Be intentional: read reviews, watch screenings first, and teach your children the difference between fantasy and what you believe is sacred truth.
If the lesson of Wicked: For Good is anything, it’s that culture matters. Conservatives should stop pretending culture is harmless and start acting like the stewards of families we claim to be. Support creators who celebrate real virtue, hold studios accountable for their marketing, and defend the right of parents to raise their children according to conscience and faith.
