What is Truth?
My family and I are going to see the Broadway musical, WICKED, tonight. The story, based on the book written by Gregory Maguire, is part prequel, part retelling of the WIZARD OF OZ from the viewpoints of Glinda the Good Witch and The Wicked Witch of the West. In WICKED, we see a very different version of events than those depicted in L. Frank Baum’s classic. I won’t spoil it by telling you more. I suggest you see it and decide for yourself which version is “the truth.” But it’s funny timing. I’ve been thinking about truth a lot recently: Particularly in books, but also in other forms of entertainment. Think, for a minute, about the way we talk about things we have read, watched or heard: Did that really happen? You can’t make this stuff up. That’s hard to believe! It’s right out of a novel. It’s stranger than fiction. You can’t believe everything you read! Ain’t that the truth! We’re obsessed with the “truth” – but not in an ...