This Is Why Ariana Grande Flying To Her Hometown For 24 Hours Just To Watch “Wicked” With Her Nonna Is Even More Poignant Than You Might Think

For context, Wicked is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, and is based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. 

Taking to X, people shared their amazement at the concept that Nonna may have watched the original movie as a teen and had no idea that one day her own granddaughter would a part of that same universe. 

Reacting to the family’s wholesome cinema trip, one viral tweet reads: “what’s crazy to me is that nonna was born in 1925, fourteen years before the wizard of oz was released so she’s been around long enough to witness the land of oz welcoming both judy garland and her grand daughter 😭”

This has been seen more than two million times, and wracked up more than 100,000 likes, retweets, and replies as others shared their reaction to the post.