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  1. industry (industry): Mamma Mia! → Wicked. Excluding Disney animation and adaptations, Mamma Mia is the third highest-grossing movie musical behind Wicked and Wonka.
    “this is the 3rd highest grossing movie musical and the history of movies behind Wicked and Wonka, which only just came out in the last 2 years.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:08:09 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Mamma Mia! → Wicked. Mamma Mia's loose ABBA karaoke feel contrasts with modern stage-derived musicals like Wicked, whose songs and performative choreography Sean dislikes.
    “Like wicked, there were a lot of people posing in the background and it just took me out every single time.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:16:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Moulin Rouge! → Wicked. Moulin Rouge plays for a huge number of people the way Wicked plays for the speaker.
    “I'm aware that this plays like Wicked played to me for a huge number of people.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:09:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): Gladiator II → Wicked. Gladiator II's CGI baboons made it feel like being dumped into Wicked.
    “I actually felt like we got dumped into Wicked or something, you know?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:37:13 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. industry (industry): Gladiator II → Wicked. Gladiator II opens the same weekend as Wicked, which will be a sensation.
    “This is opening the same weekend as Wicked, which is going to be a sensation.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:10:53 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Wicked: Next week's episode is Wicked with guest Juliet Litman; the four have never podcast together.
    “The 3 of us and Juliet have never podcasted together.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:51:49 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)