Fans customized the Wicked movie poster to more closely match the original Broadway poster.

Original Broadway Poster:

Movie poster:

Some fans, disappointed by the poster, altered it to be closer to the original, moving Grande’s hand and lowering the brim of Erivo’s hat to cover her eyes. The edits prompted Erivo to respond. “This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen

“None of this is funny. None of it is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us,” Erivo continued. “The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION. I am a real life human being, who chose to look right down the barrel of the camera to you, the viewer… because, without words we communicate with our eyes.”

So, this seems like a completely reasonable reaction to fans making fan content.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    I mean that fan poster looks terrible, so I get why she’s pissed.

    fans prefer that poster?

    weirdos.

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        5 months ago

        let people enjoy erasing someone’s face and hurting their feelings?

        that’s not okay and it’s offensive and shameful to defend them.

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          When you are an actor portraying a character, especially a character that is a cultural touchstone, you are lending your voice and appearance to that character.

          I understand the emotional reaction but I think many actors would say, ‘that isn’t your face they are retouching, it is your character’s. Learn the difference for best results.’

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            5 months ago

            they might say that, and they would be incorrect.

            The reason the audience have that character and picture to play with is because that actor is putting themselves out there.

            they are erasing her identity, the identity of the real person behind the character, and after she has told people that erasing her identity is offensive and hurtful, you are all making fun of her.

            respect her perspective and reaction.

            what is happening here and what you all are saying is offensive and shameful.

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              I have never given the slightest fuck about the real person behind any of the characters I’ve watched, nor have I cared to portray the real me in any role I’ve acted.

              It’s a fucking mask. Fuck the person behind it. Acting is not for expressing the self.

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                “I have never given the slightest fuck about the real person…”

                mmhmmm.

                “nor have I cared to portray the real me in any role I’ve acted”

                can’t imagine why.

                “Fuck the person behind it.”

                oh, that’s probably why.

                “Acting is not for expressing the self.”

                yes, yesss, that’s why all actors are interchangeable and you’ll never get different performances from any of them.

                That’s why studios don’t make remakes.

                well!

                other people have been dehumanizing in this post, but you are the most blatantly sociopathic.