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.

  • VarykEnglish
    112·
    1 month ago

    correct, that was an analogy of how an attacker is not a victim, a victim is a victim.

    when someone is attacked, they are the victim.

    The attacker is not a victim because they feel bad or ashamed about attacking the victim.

    The attacker is still the attacker and the victim is still the victim.

    • 5in1k@lemm.eeEnglish
      81·
      1 month ago

      It’s not an attack. It’s a mild retouching of a photo.

      • VarykEnglish
        111·
        1 month ago

        nobody said the photo was an attack.

        you’re getting confused.

        go back and read from the beginning, slowly, and maybe you’ll understand the point this time.

        “It’s a mild retouching of a photo.”

        It’s an erasure of her face and deliberate expression, and that is not as important as all of you criticizing her for expressing herself, for letting people know how she feels.

        she isn’t attacking anyone, like all of you are.

        she isn’t demanding change, like all of you are.

        she is expressing her own feelings, and that makes many of you upset.

        try to figure out why that is.

      • VarykEnglish
        18·
        1 month ago

        “there is no attacker.”

        you’re still mistaking the analogy for the previous comments.

        “She doesn’t like it, sure.”

        she sure doesn’t.

        “But she wasn’t attacked.”

        Denial of your own creation. cool.

        you sound very confused, but you aren’t asking any questions.

        is there something you need clarified?