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.
I mean that fan poster looks terrible, so I get why she's pissed.
fans prefer that poster?
weirdos.
let people enjoy erasing someone's face and hurting their feelings?
that's not okay and it's offensive and shameful to defend them.
Being a public figure or an actor in a piece of art invites criticism. If they can't handle that basic fact, get a new career or a therapist
"Being a public figure or an actor in a piece of art invites criticism"
being an actor does not invalidate a person's feelings.
"If they can't handle that basic fact"
she is handling it by expressing herself, letting people know what erasing her image makes her feel like.
your disrespect and dismissal of her personal feelings is disgusting.