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What's the poster controversy? I guess I'm more out of the loop than you are. I'm still looking forward to the movie though, I love the musical.
a fan edited the official movie poster that erased half of the star's face and added lipstick and tweaked a bunch of stuff,, the star got really upset and tweeted that the poster was offensive and her erasure hurt her and she wanted people to know that it hurt her.
so a bunch of people attacked her.
she wrote more than necessary, maybe, but she didn't attack the fan or ask the fan to take the poster down or anything like that, she was just letting people know that she felt hurt, and she was rabidly attacked for expressing herself.
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
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.
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.