Wicked is defying fans not to buy its merch
Ahead of Wicked: Part One's November 27 premiere, Universal announced a ton of brand tie-ins

Wicked is, among other things, the story of how a corrupt and capitalist society refused to heed the warnings of a whistleblower when she tried to reveal the utter emptiness at its core. So why not sell a bunch of meaningless crap to commemorate her journey in our corrupt and capitalist society! It’s not like Elphaba continually judges Galinda for her inclination towards excess and Galinda in turn spends the musical learning what’s really important or anything like that. That would be absurd.
Anyway, no good deed goes unpunished and now we’re going to have to deal with a truly staggering amount of Wicked merch on shelves and unskippable YouTube ads for the rest of the year. “[O]ur global merchandise program across retail and theme parks reflects the film’s empowering themes and bold iconography,” said Universal Products & Experiences president Vince Klaseus in a statement today (via License Global), neatly summing up all the ways he misinterpreted those very themes.