After a recent screening of Wicked in downtown Evanston to a group of Northwestern theatre students, at least one came away with a new special connection to the film. Student Richard Smalle (please stop calling him Dick) thinks “defying gravity” may just be what an orgasm feels like.

“I’d only read about it in that book about my changing body my parents gave me when I was 13,” he told Flipside. Although he admits to doing some “online studying” about the subject before he came to Northwestern, he insists that was just so he could be better prepared in case the school put on a production of Cabaret. 

In truth, Smalle says, he, “doesn’t actually know what [an orgasm] feels like,” but after listening to Elphaba hit that high note, he thinks “it’s got to feel a little bit like that, right? All joy and happiness that doesn’t go away for a long time, definitely not like right afterward.” 

Smalle isn’t the only student of the group who seems to have come away from Wicked with a newly found curiosity for what can make them feel like they’re flying. One member, who requested not to be named, wandered around Davis Street, scratching his arms and asking people, “What’s a guy got to do get some crack around here?” Come to think of it, he seemed a little old to be a Northwestern student —  I haven’t seen anyone on campus with a face tattoo.

Nevertheless, Smalle insists he isn’t going to give up trying to figure out what exactly an orgasm is. “I’ve got to do it this time, like I’ve really just got to lock in,” he told us. “This is why I donated that dollar to Wikipedia last week; I’m sure I’ll find some answers there.”

We’re sure he’ll find some answers there, too.

If you or a loved one is suffering from chronic anorgasmia, try to get laid.