Cynthia Erivo says "Wicked" poster "deeply hurtful". Really??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone ask, "Hey, are you okay?"

She needs to calm down

Thanks, Taylor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well ... the story of her outrage is getting a lot more press than the movie was getting. I had no idea there was a movie until I saw all these stories about how upset the actor is about an altered movie poster.

So, if nothing else, the outrage was effective at generating publicity for the movie.

Oh, you didn’t hear about Ariana’s affair with Spongebob? That’s the only reason I know about this movie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cynthia-erivo-called-fan-edit-193832147.html

She sounds insufferable

Goodness. She really does. I was expecting a really offensive edited version and this was simply an homage to the original Broadway poster. Does she have... issues?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cynthia-erivo-called-fan-edit-193832147.html

She sounds insufferable

Goodness. She really does. I was expecting a really offensive edited version and this was simply an homage to the original Broadway poster. Does she have... issues?

Back around 2016 onward for a few years, I followed a lot of Broadway and theater behind the scenes news and gossip, and she seemed to be a pretty polarizing figure then. People either adored her without reservation, or found her touchy and reactive. She had some social media beefs with people, too. So this stuff with the poster doesn't surprise me. Interesting to think that some random Tik Tok user's poster edit has gotten a lot of attention because she posted about it. That poster's gotten more views precisely because she blasted it. It's not as if the official poster "erased" her.

[Anonymous]

She is an exceptionally talented vocalist who, unfortunately, just tanked herself for awards season.

Far too many gifted actors who have appeared in the screen version of Broadway musicals or who have appeared in franchises (there will be two of these films) get the concept of fandom. They get that convention-attending, fanfiction-writing, fan-art-producing moviegoers love musicals, franchises, etc., and express their love in multiple, creative ways.

I'm sure there is fan art of Angela Bassett's Marvel character, there was tons of attention on Hugh Jackman for "Les Mis" and "X-Men" including fan fiction, tons of fan art that they bring as gifts to conventions. I've seen videos of "Star Trek" and Marvel actors receiving illustrations and drawings of their characters. And here was some fan who loves a Broadway musical and was expressing excitement for the musical and the movie.

She just overplayed her hand. My goodness. What a moment to kick this up, as hurricanes have ravaged the South, there is a highly contention election coming up, conflict all over the world...

Does she have a point? Yes. But it was so over the top about the injustice of it all...READ THE ROOM.

[Anonymous]

Stage actors are overdramatic. Shocking News.

[Anonymous]

Man, I feel bad for the person who created that trying to match the original and make something nice just to get such a scathing response from this whack job

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is an exceptionally talented vocalist who, unfortunately, just tanked herself for awards season.

Far too many gifted actors who have appeared in the screen version of Broadway musicals or who have appeared in franchises (there will be two of these films) get the concept of fandom. They get that convention-attending, fanfiction-writing, fan-art-producing moviegoers love musicals, franchises, etc., and express their love in multiple, creative ways.

I'm sure there is fan art of Angela Bassett's Marvel character, there was tons of attention on Hugh Jackman for "Les Mis" and "X-Men" including fan fiction, tons of fan art that they bring as gifts to conventions. I've seen videos of "Star Trek" and Marvel actors receiving illustrations and drawings of their characters. And here was some fan who loves a Broadway musical and was expressing excitement for the musical and the movie.

She just overplayed her hand. My goodness. What a moment to kick this up, as hurricanes have ravaged the South, there is a highly contention election coming up, conflict all over the world...

Does she have a point? Yes. But it was so over the top about the injustice of it all...READ THE ROOM.

Very well said. If she cannot engage with how fandom culture does things like fan art, she's too out of touch to be a franchise film star.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She is an exceptionally talented vocalist who, unfortunately, just tanked herself for awards season.

Far too many gifted actors who have appeared in the screen version of Broadway musicals or who have appeared in franchises (there will be two of these films) get the concept of fandom. They get that convention-attending, fanfiction-writing, fan-art-producing moviegoers love musicals, franchises, etc., and express their love in multiple, creative ways.

I'm sure there is fan art of Angela Bassett's Marvel character, there was tons of attention on Hugh Jackman for "Les Mis" and "X-Men" including fan fiction, tons of fan art that they bring as gifts to conventions. I've seen videos of "Star Trek" and Marvel actors receiving illustrations and drawings of their characters. And here was some fan who loves a Broadway musical and was expressing excitement for the musical and the movie.

She just overplayed her hand. My goodness. What a moment to kick this up, as hurricanes have ravaged the South, there is a highly contention election coming up, conflict all over the world...

Does she have a point? Yes. But it was so over the top about the injustice of it all...READ THE ROOM.

Very well said. If she cannot engage with how fandom culture does things like fan art, she's too out of touch to be a franchise film star.

Agreed

[Anonymous]

I do see the injustice of erasing the woman of color's eyes to let the white woman's eyes be the only ones on the poster. That would annoy me in her position. Honestly imo it's something the fan should have thought about. For me the issue here is erasing the eyes moreso than the lip color. And I think creating the new poster showing her eyes was a deliberate choice on the part of the producers etc.

It's also relevant to the show. She's not just someone sitting back and being ordered around outside of her own volition. Why are you trying to sort of erase her most expressive feature from the poster?

I know, I know - the old poster. But, COME ON!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do see the injustice of erasing the woman of color's eyes to let the white woman's eyes be the only ones on the poster. That would annoy me in her position. Honestly imo it's something the fan should have thought about. For me the issue here is erasing the eyes moreso than the lip color. And I think creating the new poster showing her eyes was a deliberate choice on the part of the producers etc.

It's also relevant to the show. She's not just someone sitting back and being ordered around outside of her own volition. Why are you trying to sort of erase her most expressive feature from the poster?

I know, I know - the old poster. But, COME ON!

But the fan's purpose was entirely different than the studio's. The studio's poster is intended to sell tickets to a movie starring Erivo and Grande. The fan's version is intended to look like the original theatrical poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do see the injustice of erasing the woman of color's eyes to let the white woman's eyes be the only ones on the poster. That would annoy me in her position. Honestly imo it's something the fan should have thought about. For me the issue here is erasing the eyes moreso than the lip color. And I think creating the new poster showing her eyes was a deliberate choice on the part of the producers etc.

It's also relevant to the show. She's not just someone sitting back and being ordered around outside of her own volition. Why are you trying to sort of erase her most expressive feature from the poster?

I know, I know - the old poster. But, COME ON!

But the fan's purpose was entirely different than the studio's. The studio's poster is intended to sell tickets to a movie starring Erivo and Grande. The fan's version is intended to look like the original theatrical poster.

Yes, and? The fan was experimenting and blending art. You know, like how Erivo signed up to blend art by starring in a movie based on a musical based on a book, that was a spin-off of a different book and movie?

[Anonymous]

Glad I’m not the only one who thinks this lady is insufferable. Had never heard of her prior, but between her high maintenance attitude and Ariana Grande’s home wrecking I’m not sure if I want to see this movie. Which sucks because I love wicked!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do see the injustice of erasing the woman of color's eyes to let the white woman's eyes be the only ones on the poster. That would annoy me in her position. Honestly imo it's something the fan should have thought about. For me the issue here is erasing the eyes moreso than the lip color. And I think creating the new poster showing her eyes was a deliberate choice on the part of the producers etc.

It's also relevant to the show. She's not just someone sitting back and being ordered around outside of her own volition. Why are you trying to sort of erase her most expressive feature from the poster?

I know, I know - the old poster. But, COME ON!

But the fan's purpose was entirely different than the studio's. The studio's poster is intended to sell tickets to a movie starring Erivo and Grande. The fan's version is intended to look like the original theatrical poster.

Yes, and? The fan was experimenting and blending art. You know, like how Erivo signed up to blend art by starring in a movie based on a musical based on a book, that was a spin-off of a different book and movie?

Yes, I'm saying that the fan's version was done as their own artwork for their own purposes (and therefore can look whatever way they want it to look). The studio's was a piece of marketing artwork which is still just as they wanted it to be, displaying the faces of the two leads.

[Anonymous]

I know nothing about her, but the fan art was pretty cool and they basically just made it look more like the original play poster.