Cynthia Erivo comments on Wicked poster edits: "the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen"
Cynthia Erivo has reacted to viral edits of the ‘WICKED’ poster:
“This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen, equal to that awful AI of us fighting… Our poster is an homage not an imitation, to edit my face & hide my eyes is to erase me. That is just deeply hurtful” pic.twitter.com/y3P1Qh379S
- DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) October 16, 2024
Last week, Universal released a poster of Wicked movie which paid homage to the famous poster for the broadway show.
The movie poster did not look exactly like the broadway show poster which resulted in fans posting edits on social media to more accurately capture the broadway poster
Today, star Cynthia Erivo reacted to the edits via her Instagram stories
This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen, equal to that awful Ai of us fighting, equal to people posing the question "is your ***** green"
None of this is funny
None of it is cute
It degrades me
It degrades us
The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION. I am a real life human being, who chose to to look right down the barrel of the camera to you, the viewer ... because, without words we communicate with our eyes.
Our poster is an homage not an imitation, to edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me.
And that is just deeply hurtful.
Some people on social media agree with her while other think she is overreacting.
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Thoughts, ONTD?