Glinda and the Balladeer

Assassins, Wicked, and the acoustics of power

A podium gleams. Glinda lifts her hand; you lift your gaze. “Fellow Ozians,” she says.

Louis Althusser coined the term interpellation for the moment ideology calls you by name and you turn, recognizing yourself in the address. “Let us put aside our panic for this one day and celebrate,” says this Ozian Eva Perón. You’re called, you turn, you belong. And …