{
  "id": 16395625,
  "title": "‘SNL UK’ & Cynthia Eriva Give Elphaba-Glinda Shippers A ‘Nigerian Wicked’ Sapphic Parody",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/snl-uk-cynthia-eriva-give-elphaba-glinda-shippers-a-nigerian-wicked",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-25T00:17:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/snl-uk-cynthia-eriva-nigerian-wicked-sapphic-parody-1237172417/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Although the Wicked movies may not have given LGBTQ fans the sapphic moment they wanted for Elphaba and Glinda, Saturday Night Live UK heard their demands. On this weekend’s episode of the sketch comedy show, host Cynthia Erivo returned to the magical franchise for the parody Nigerian Wicked, in which she mixed it up by […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}