No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

One question haunts and hurts

Too much, too much to mention:

Was I really seeking good

Or just seeking attention?

Is that all good deeds are

When looked at with an ice-cold eye?

If that's all good deeds are

Maybe that's the reason why...

No good deed goes unpunished

All helpful urges should be circumvented

No good deed goes unpunished

Sure, I meant well

Well, look at what well-meant did...

 

All right, enough

So be it, so be it then

Let all Oz be agreed

I'm wicked through and through

 

Since I can not succeed

Fiyero, saving you

I promise no good deed

Will I attempt to do again

Ever again

 

No good deed will I do again!

 

 

This is my third tribute to my favorite Broadway musical "Wicked". This is the scene where Elphaba tried to save Fiyero but she has no idea whether her attempt was successful or not, so she breaks down and finally becomes the Wicked Witch of the West...

 

I tried to experiment with colored smoke, but since I had only one smoke torch and it was my first time, I had to do it very quickly. Not exactly the result that I wanted (there was an additional lighting below, but it can't be seen because of the flash, so I removed it), but at least it looks beautiful. By the way, the smoke colored the wall a bit despite the package saying "does not stain clothes", so I had to clean it very hard.

 

 

You can listen to the full song from the musical here:

 

Idina Menzel - No Good Deed (From "Wicked" Original Broadway Cast Recording/2003)

Done