Why One Christian Mom Influencer and Her Kids Walked Out of ‘Wicked: For Good’

That is the setting for the romantic duet, “As Long As You’re Mine.” The characters kiss, magically float in the air, and land in Elphaba’s bed. Later, we see them in bed, Fiyero with his shirt off, supposedly after consummating their relationship.

The lyrics of the song make it fairly clear that the two leads are singing about wanting to sleep together. At one point, Elphaba sings:

My wildest dreamings
Could not foresee
Lying beside you
With you wanting me

Later, she and Fiyero sing together: 

Every moment
As long as you’re mine
I’ll wake up my body
And make up for lost time

“Now hear me out- we LOVE theatre & musicals. We love appreciating the talents and God given gifts that people have. Seeing the acting, the arts and all the creativity,” said Burnett.

“But gosh I am not sitting in a movie that is casting legit spells over me and my family,” she said, “and allowing my children to watch scenes where men are sexually taking off women’s clothing and music that is talking about them laying in bed together.” 

“I have a feeling that the spells cast in this movie weren’t just some made up words.. they had purpose in them!” she continued. “The Bible tells us to stay far away from that and my children even looked at me with big eyes and felt uncomfortable in certain parts of the movie. The mom gut knew it was time to walk out.”

Burnett went on to imply that she is not suggesting other people should avoid going to see “Wicked: For Good.”

“If you’ve watched the movie and loved it, that’s fine! This is our personal conviction and…we feel strongly about things our girls watch and the spirits we allow in us,” she said. “On another note, this was a great learning moment for our kids. Learning that when we are in situations that we don’t feel are right then we need the courage to walk away.” 

“I have a feeling this won’t be the last time that our girls have to walk away from a situation that isn’t from the Lord,” Burnett said. 

“Friends. Stand firm in your faith and always do whats right. Even if it’s not what the crowd is doing,” she concluded. “It’s okay if you get made fun of or people think you’re silly because in the end all that matters is what the Lord says about you. People think I’m crazy and ya know what?….. that’s okay 🙃.”

Burnett’s followers had a variety of responses to her post. Some wondered why she was shocked to see spells portrayed in a movie about witches. Others praised her decision to leave the theater. One user asked, “I’m so confused. I saw the movie. They kissed? That’s it. I’ve seen longer kisses in cartoons. Did I miss something?” 

Someone else wondered why Burnett took her children to the film when the scene between Elphaba and Fiyero is a widely known plot point. Another person questioned why anyone would take children to “Wicked” to begin with. 

One user said she took her 5-year-old twin girls. They stayed for the whole movie and the sexual connotations went over her daughters’ heads. “Removing them from the theater would’ve made it a bigger deal than it needed to be, because then I’d have to explain why we left. This whole conversation is reaching,” she said.

“Good for you, showing your daughters that it’s okay to change your mind about something & make a different decision, even if it looks rude or strange to the world,” said someone else to Burnett. “I’m glad you didn’t just ignore that feeling. Love y’all 🫶🏼.”

There are online resources that can help parents determine if movies are appropriate for their children. IMBD has a helpful Parent Guide section for each of its films, and Plugged In is a useful resource as well. Common Sense Media’s parent guide on “Wicked: For Good” notes that a sex scene is implied, although nothing graphic is shown. 

Several parent reviews commenting on the scene said they thought that, while not graphic, the scene was too mature for a PG rating, while other parents thought it was fine. Yet others thought that the darker themes of the movie, including some of the violence, made it inappropriate for young children.