Neghemi Micah

The celebrated musical “Wicked,” completed its ambitious transformation in the film industry with the second of the two-part series: “Wicked: For Good.” In this heartwarming finale, Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba the Wicked Witch part ways after Elphaba loses the fight against the people of Oz, who deem her “evil” and “wicked.” The labels the community levies against her are brilliantly adapted to expose the prejudice underlying superficial appearance.

In the midst of a procrastination marathon, I managed to successfully binge the iconic British comedy-drama series: “My Mad Fat Diary.” Once I got over the quirky animation and edits, it was hard not to be floored by how unmeasurably good the show is. Much of the good comes from the main character, Rae Earl, a sixteen-year-old navigating life after leaving a mental hospital.

“Giovanni’s Room” was initially advised to be burned. The classic was almost discarded due to the tense political climate under McCarthyism in the 1950s, as well as the hostile reaction to queer fiction depictions. But, a world without Baldwin’s tense and necessary prose would have been a tragic existence. “Giovanni’s Room” directly explores the formidability of perception, both internal and external.