Adam McKay has shared his thoughts on Wicked‘s future in the U.S. Recently, the movie musical was briefly banned in Kuwait because of its LGBTQ cast. McKay took to X, formerly Twitter, to say that he “wouldn’t be surprised to see the movie banned in 3-5 years” in the U.S. if “America keeps going on the track it is.”
The director called Wicked “one of the most radical big studio Hollywood movies ever made” and pointed to its storytelling as the reason for a potential ban in the near future. “I know Part 2 swings back to the center a bit but Part 1 is nakedly about radicalization in the face of careerism, fascism, propaganda,” McKay continued.
When another X account responded to McKay’s original tweet, writing, “It just looked like more American fantasy, franchise-wringing,” the director told the user he’d be “shocked” at Wicked‘s central…
