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

Forum Index » Entertainment and Pop Culture

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

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=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![/quote]

But the reference poster from the musical isn’t about individual actors; it is about characters. And reworking a movie poster that is about individual actors and morphing it to align with literally WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO REFERENCE, which was the musical poster, was simply an artistic expression, an act of fandom. An act of love of the character, frankly. Because at this point, we can be excited to see what we’ve seen and hear what we’ve heard of these actors in these roles, but what we know and love are the Broadway actors in these roles and—hell—the characters we imagined when we first read the book! (Which is a spin-off of other beloved book and movie characters!)

She’s mad that fans aren’t honoring her. Well guess what, they love *Elphaba.* And maybe she’ll even end up being their very favorite Elphaba, but like, they’re excited for their green girl, their misfit, their Elphaba who defies gravity. They’re excited to see that character on the big screen. Let them have their excitement without villainizing freaking fan art.

There are real, actual problems in the world. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics