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What's going on with the wicked movie being a PR disaster (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 weeks ago by x4740N@lemm.ee to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world

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I'm aware of the url mishap with the dolls and vaguely aware of the poster controversy but I've also seen people online call it a PR disaster and I'm entirely out of the loop on that

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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 58 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I can understand where she's coming from, but it isn't about her. It wasn't edited to eliminate her. It was edited to reflect the original 2003 poster, which it nailed.

https://www.today.com/popculture/cynthia-erivo-wicked-poster-controversy-rcna175772

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Agree with this - the fan just trying to make the movie poster imitate the older poster.

But I can see where the actress is coming from as well - these feelings are almost certainly part of the reason why the original movie poster from the studio decided to show the full faces of the actresses instead of imitating the 2003 poster in a more direct homage. It's a tricky balance, but at the same time it's hard to blame the fan for wanting to celebrate Wicked in art.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

What gets me is that the reason they changed was to "communicate", but her expression is essentially blank. What's being communicated? If anything it's far less expressive than the wry knowing smile.

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 0 points 2 weeks ago

wellllllllllllllllll, maybe, but a great deal of scuttlebutt has been made publicly by the racists about her casting, so anything that detracted from her full person being accepted and celebrated, especially hiding the majority of her face, when the studio had already made the decision to highlight it, can very easily be understood as being triggering and upsetting

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 weeks ago

I thought the fan edited poster looked terrible myself, but I'm apparently in the minority there and it's a fan at it, so who cares.

" it isn't about her"

it is literally about erasing and replacing her image with a different image.

that's fine if you or other people like the new image better, and it's fine for Cynthia to express her upset at her image being erased and replaced.

both of your feelings are valid, especially since neither of you are making demands of anyone else.