Cynthia Erivo spoofed “Wicked” during her stint hosting “SNL U.K.,” this time taking on the role of Glinda in “Nigerian Wicked.”
Alongside Ayoade Bamgboye as Elphaba, Erivo — dressed in a blonde wig and pink velour tracksuit — starred in a lo-fi, melodramatic version of the Oscar-nominated musical in which the two enemies-turned-friends go off to meet the Wizard of LagOz.
In “Wicked,” Erivo’s Elphaba and Ariana Grande’s Glinda express their frustration with the song “What Is This Feeling.” But in the Nollywood version, Glinda simply slaps Elphaba across the face.
“Glinda, you slapped me!” Bamgboye’s Elphaba says, to which Erivo’s Glinda replies: “Yes, because you are very classless.”
The sketch also reimagines Glinda and Elphaba’s makeover scene, with Elphaba saying: “Glinda, I can’t afford this!”
“When we go to the wizard, it will all pay off,” Erivo as Glinda replies.
“The wizard?” Bamgboye says. “But I’m a virgin!” The two then almost share a kiss, winking at fans who ship the characters together.
When they finally make it to the “emerald, white and emerald city,” Erivo’s Glinda says she wants the Wizard to get her a Birkin bag, whereas Bamgboye’s Elphaba wants a “skinny BBL.”
A voiceover from the wizard himself, played by Hammed Animashaun, then rings out: “She wants a BBL that defies gravity!”
After finally meeting the Wizard, Glinda and Elphaba realize that he’s broke. “That’s a nolex,” Erivo’s Glinda says of his watch.
After the disappointment sets in, Erivo’s Glinda asks, “What do we do now?”
Glinda and Elphaba finally lean in for a kiss before an explosion effect engulfs the screen.
“Nigerian Wicked: LGBTQ!” Animashaun’s voiceover concludes.
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