{"id":2357503,"date":"2024-10-21T12:34:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T16:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wicked-actress-loses-it-over-minor-edit-to-movie-poster-can-you-spot-it-at-first-glance\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T12:38:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T16:38:25","slug":"wicked-actress-loses-it-over-minor-edit-to-movie-poster-can-you-spot-it-at-first-glance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wicked-actress-loses-it-over-minor-edit-to-movie-poster-can-you-spot-it-at-first-glance\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wicked&#8217; Actress Loses It Over Minor Edit to Movie Poster, Can You Spot It at First Glance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwicked-actress-loses-it-over-minor-edit-to-movie-poster-can-you-spot-it-at-first-glance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2357503&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>It \u200dseems you&#8217;ve posted a long XML document that includes several script tags and \u2064a lengthy\u2063 narrative regarding a controversy involving actress Cynthia Erivo and fan \u200dart related to the\u2062 film\u2063 &#8220;Wicked.&#8221;\u2064 The content discusses \u2064Erivo&#8217;s\u2064 reaction \u200bto edits made to a promotional poster, suggesting that such edits were offensive because they altered her image in\u200b a\u2063 way that she felt degraded\u2064 her.<\/p>\n<p>Key\u2064 points from the narrative are:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Cynthia Erivo&#8217;s Reaction**: \u200cShe found a\u2062 fan-made poster that edited her appearance to be deeply offensive and\u200b degrading. Erivo expressed her feelings on social media, highlighting that the\u200d edits erased her representation.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Fan\u2062 Art\u2063 Context**: The edited poster was intended to resemble the \u200coriginal\u200b Broadway musical&#8217;s artwork,\u2064 which Erivo claims \u2063is an illustration,\u2062 while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mia-farrow-shames-disney-for-home-alone-poster-with-white-male-carrying-guns-in-the-time-of-mass-school-shootings\/\" title=\"Mia Farrow Shames Disney for &#039;Home Alone&#039; Poster with &#039;White, Male Carrying Guns in the Time of Mass School Shootings&#039;\">movie poster features<\/a> her as a real person. <\/p>\n<p>3. **Support from Ariana Grande**: Grande, who plays Glinda, expressed her respect for Erivo and acknowledged the complexities surrounding AI-generated art and \u200dits adjustments \u200cto images.<\/p>\n<p>4. **Discussion of Racism**: Social media commentary surrounding the edits touched \u200bon the \u2064optics of representing a \u2062Black woman in the alterations compared to a white \u2063actress&#8217;s portrayal.<\/p>\n<p>5. **Criticism \u200cof the Hypersensitivity**: The narrative concludes by criticizing Erivo&#8217;s strong language \u200baround the edits, suggesting it reflects a sheltered perspective \u2062regarding genuine offense \u200bin society.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to explore a \u2064specific\u200d aspect of this narrative or if there&#8217;s something particular you want to discuss or\u2063 summarize, please let me know!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A shadow is offensive?<\/p>\n<p>I don&rsquo;t think so. Most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strong-turnout-in-frances-high-stakes-elections-as-support-for-the-far-right-grows-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Strong turnout in France\u2019s high-stakes elections as support for the far right grows - Washington Examiner\">people don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t think so. But apparently, most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harriss-rushed-campaign-plays-in-her-favor-democratic-strategists-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris\u2019s rushed campaign plays in her favor: Democratic strategists - Washington Examiner\">people aren&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t Cynthia Erivo. She&rsquo;s the Broadway actress who will play the title role in the film adaptation of the wildly popular musical &ldquo;Wicked.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In case you managed to entirely miss that eminently missable play, it involves the transformation from Elphaba Thropp into the Wicked Witch of the West from &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-former-mobster-admits-stealing-judy-garlands-ruby-slippers-wizard-oz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wizard of Oz<\/a>&rdquo; in terms sympathetic to the witch.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, a fan-art poster which makes the poster for the movie look more like the poster for the play is apparently so deeply offensive to her that she&rsquo;s calling it the most noxious thing to ever hit her eyes or ears.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen,&rdquo; the British-born Erivo said on Instagram last week, calling it equal to &ldquo;awful Ai of us fighting&rdquo; or people posing an offensive question first seen on social media a decade ago. (If you really want to know what the vulgar question is, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/p-ssy-green-cynthia-erivo-162505822.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. I am not responsible for any offense you might take to the childish obscenity of it, but there you go.)<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;None of this is funny. None of it is cute,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It degrades me. It degrades us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Because it put a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-scores-big-win-1st-amendment-scares-shadowy-global-alliance-responsible-media-shutting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shadow<\/a> over her eyes?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cynthia Erivo has reacted to viral edits of the &lsquo;WICKED&rsquo; poster:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen, equal to that awful AI of us fighting&hellip; Our poster is an homage not an imitation, to edit my face &amp; hide my eyes is to erase me. That is just deeply hurtful&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y3P1Qh379S\">pic.twitter.com\/y3P1Qh379S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/1846547879533384142?\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As people noted, this was a bit of an overreaction, particularly because it resembled the iconic poster for the original musical:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Or&hellip; Hear me out &hellip; It looks a lot like the poster for the musical? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RiZjVR1QL8\">pic.twitter.com\/RiZjVR1QL8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ogre Media Group (@OgreMediaGroup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OgreMediaGroup\/status\/1846581661657637140?\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Her explanation for this was that &ldquo;[t]he original poster is an ILLUSTRATION.&rdquo; (Oh, and the movie poster is a screenshot from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/cinema-verite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cin&eacute;ma v&eacute;rit&eacute;<\/a> production?)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our poster is a homage, not an imitation,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-gregory-allen-howard-wrote-remember-titans-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erivo<\/a> added. &ldquo;To edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me. And that is just deeply hurtful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Just to be clear, this is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-carrey-announces-end-to-his-political-paintings\/\" title=\"Jim Carrey Announces End To His Political Paintings\">fan art<\/a> that existed to make the film poster look more like the Broadway one. And it&rsquo;s not like she objects to fan art, as demonstrated by the fact she apparently celebrated this pic, definitely not from the initial promotional materials:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">how she felt posting this: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u3E6B1bK1f\">pic.twitter.com\/u3E6B1bK1f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zoey &#128420; (@LilKittyZoey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilKittyZoey\/status\/1846590713502314800?\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">she&rsquo;s so unserious cause she posted this yesterday &#128557;&#128557; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VHlTOmqlup\">pic.twitter.com\/VHlTOmqlup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 4KT WHO YOU HATE (@royal_bobby24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/royal_bobby24\/status\/1846551972817559574?\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/icarly-actress-comes-forward-ugly-tales-abusive-treatment-nickelodeon-reveals-ariana-grande-broke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariana Grande<\/a>, who plays the Glinda the good witch in the &ldquo;Wicked&rdquo; films, supported Erivo in remarks to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/columns\/ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-fan-edited-wicked-posters-offensive-meme-1236183632\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a>, although she made it sound like an artist issue with artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s very complicated because I find AI so conflicting and troublesome sometimes, but I think it&rsquo;s just kind of such a massive adjustment period. This is something that is so much bigger than us, and the fans are gonna have fun and make their edits,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have so much respect for my sister, Cynthia, and I love her so much,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a big adjustment period. It&rsquo;s so much stimulation about something that&rsquo;s so much bigger than us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While one understands that there&rsquo;s going to be an adjustment period to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-bipartisan-group-house-members-roll-artificial-intelligence-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artificial intelligence<\/a>, AI fanart is hardly the most offensive thing one has ever seen. Heck, it&rsquo;s not even the most offensive thing about this&nbsp;<em>story<\/em> (see: asterisked question in Erivo&rsquo;s initial Instagram post).<\/p>\n<p>Erivo has more or less been tight-lipped about what her problem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/artificial-intelligence-antichrist-end-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with AI<\/a> is, although it&rsquo;s assumedly the same ethical concerns we all have about it. However, the matter drew the attention of some fans, who thought that racism was involved.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Re: the Wicked poster controversy: the optics of editing a Black, queer woman&rsquo;s face aren&rsquo;t great.<\/p>\n<p>All they&rsquo;ve done to Ariana is move her hand, while they&rsquo;ve hidden Cynthia&rsquo;s eyes and changed her mouth.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rachael Eyrewolf &#128058; (@Alrightpunk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alrightpunk\/status\/1846781210728522074?\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For everyone saying they&rsquo;re not understanding why Cynthia is upset about the edited poster please take into account that her features in the edit were made to look bigger and made her into a caricature that we have seen over and over again in black women. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wicked?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wicked<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CynthiaErivo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CynthiaErivo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ol1IyyhcO\">pic.twitter.com\/8ol1IyyhcO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Xaki &ndash; BB26 #bisexuals4kimo (@heartxkai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heartxkai\/status\/1846643009217351978?\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Again, though: The racism here isn&rsquo;t overt, or even covert. It&rsquo;s interpretational, and loosely at that. And even then, for anyone of any race to say that this the single most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kanye-west-says-watching-famous-comedic-movie-made-like-jewish-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loathsome act of bigotry<\/a> they&rsquo;ve ever experienced in this world is preposterous.<\/p>\n<p>If this is &ldquo;the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen,&rdquo; count your blessings at a sheltered life.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, cease the absurd hyperbole.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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I doubt it. Most people would agree, but Cynthia Erivo seems to feel differently. The Broadway star, set to portray the lead in the film version of the hit musical &#8220;Wicked,&#8221; has expressed that a fan-made poster resembling the original play&#8217;s design is extremely offensive to her. She described it as one of the most disturbing things she&#8217;s encountered, equating it with past social media controversies. Erivo stated on Instagram that such edits degrade her and others involved in the project, claiming that altering her image and obscuring her eyes feels like an erasure of her identity. While some see this reaction as excessive\u2014pointing out its similarity to iconic promotional material\u2014Erivo insists that there\u2019s a significant difference between artistic homage and imitation. Despite acknowledging fan art in general, she found this particular edit hurtful. Ariana Grande, who stars alongside Erivo in &#8220;Wicked,&#8221; voiced support for her co-star while discussing broader issues related to artificial intelligence and artistic representation. 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